胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯070：上尉的演說(shuō) The Captain’s Speech

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Lesson 70 The Captain’s Speech 上尉的演說(shuō)

“We must honor the dead,” said the commander, with a look of disapprobation. It was a disastrous battle. The entire town was destroyed. There was smoke everywhere. Hundreds of deceased soldiers lay in a state of disarray. “Captain, make sure that the band plays a good dirge.”

這是一場(chǎng)損失慘重的戰(zhàn)役。整個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)都被摧毀。戰(zhàn)火的硝煙還沒有散去。數(shù)百名死去的士兵橫七豎八地躺在那里。“我們必須向死難者致敬，”指揮官說(shuō)話時(shí)一臉的不滿。“上尉，一定讓樂(lè)隊(duì)為他們演奏一首表達(dá)我們哀思的挽歌。”

The captain motioned the three-man band to start playing. As the music began to play, the captain turned and faced his men. The captain was a very bright and discerning man. He immediately discerned the disadvantage that this situation could create. This battle had caused a discernible difference in the morale of the men. Most of his men were still teenagers. None of them had ever experienced the horror of battle.

上尉示意三人樂(lè)隊(duì)開始演奏。音樂(lè)一起，上尉就轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身面對(duì)他的士兵。上尉頭腦聰明，眼光敏銳。他馬上察覺出這種局面會(huì)帶來(lái)的不利影響。這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)役使士兵們的士氣產(chǎn)生了明顯的變化。他們中大多數(shù)人還是青少年。沒有人曾經(jīng)經(jīng)歷過(guò)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的恐怖。

The captain began to speak. “Men, we cannot disavow what happened today. We had no choice in the matter. Do not think that I can’t see the look of disapproval on some of your faces. I know that s scene like this can easily disarrange your thoughts, no matter how brave you are. However, you must not let this disaster disaffect you. You have to discard any thoughts of disbanding. Instead, let this horrible event have the opposite effect. Let us disabuse ourselves of the idea that we are invincible. Let it persuade us to complete our mission to disarm the rebels and to bring peace and stability to this region. As soon as we succeed in ending this dreadful war, the government will disburse funds to help rebuild this country. It will allow the people to return to a normal life. The children will return to school. Life will go on and you’ll be discharged to go home to your families.”

上尉開始講話了。“士兵們，我們不能否認(rèn)今天發(fā)生的一切。在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上我們別無(wú)選擇。不要以為我看不出你們一些人臉上的不滿。我明白，無(wú)論你多么勇敢，眼前這一幕也會(huì)很容易攪亂你的思想。但是你不可以因?yàn)檫@種災(zāi)難而產(chǎn)生不滿情緒。你必須丟棄一切解散軍隊(duì)的念頭。相反，我們要化恐怖為力量。讓我們打消我們是戰(zhàn)無(wú)不勝的錯(cuò)誤念頭。讓著慘烈的一幕激勵(lì)我們?nèi)ネ瓿山獬齺y黨武裝、恢復(fù)本地區(qū)和平與穩(wěn)定的使命。一旦我們勝利地結(jié)束這場(chǎng)可怕的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，政府會(huì)支付專款重建家園。人們將恢復(fù)正常的生活，孩子們將回到學(xué)校，生活會(huì)繼續(xù)下去，你們也會(huì)解散回家與家人團(tuán)聚。”

“What a disarming speech!” the men murmured.

“真是一番消除疑慮的演講啊!”士兵們低聲嘟囔著。

Words:

dirge n. 哀歌，挽歌

disabuse v. 打消(某人)的錯(cuò)誤念頭，糾正，解惑

disadvantage n. 缺點(diǎn)，壞處，不利

disaffect v. (政治上的)不滿，叛離

disapprobation n. 不贊成，非難

disapproval n. 不贊成

disarm v. 繳械，解除武裝;緩和，消除(敵意、疑慮等)

disarming adj. 使接觸警戒心，消除敵意的

disarrange v. 打亂，攪亂