英语完形填空技巧和短文填空(英语完形题讲解)
英语完形填空技巧和短文填空(英语完形题讲解)解词5.坚持到底:stick it out2.参与二战:serve in World War II3.承担战争的重任:bear the burdens of battle4.离乡背井:be torn away from home
①Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy,the symbol of American military adventurism,but that's not how it used to be.②To the men and women who served in World War II and the people they liberated,the G.I. was the common man grown into hero,the poor farm kid torn away from his home,the guy who bore all the burdens of battle,who slept in cold foxholes,who went without the necessities of food and shelter,who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder.[选自2012英语(二)真题]
识别与记忆
请快速把以下搭配背三遍。
1.但过去人们并不这么认为:...,but that's not how it used to be.
2.参与二战:serve in World War II
3.承担战争的重任:bear the burdens of battle
4.离乡背井:be torn away from home
5.坚持到底:stick it out
解词
mindless['maɪndləs]a.没有思想的
adventurism[əd'ventʃərɪzəm]n.冒险主义
foxhole['fɒkshəʊl]n.散兵坑
reign[reɪn]n.统治
参考译文
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①成千上万的美国人和外国人都认为二战时期的G.I.Joe是没有思想的军事玩偶,是美国军事冒险主义的象征,但是过去人们并不这么认为。
②对于那些曾参与二战和在二战中被美军解放的人来说,G.I.是平民英雄。他是穷苦的农村孩子,却承担着战争的重任;他背井离乡,睡在冰冷的散兵坑里;他食不果腹、居无定所,却仍然坚持战斗,推翻纳粹的残暴统治。