时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:纯正地道美语


英语课

  A: Do you have any plans for Veteran’s Day?

B: You mean Armistice 1 Day.

A: Well,  as  you  know,  on  November  11th the allies signed a peace treaty with the Germans,  also known as the Armistice Treaty. This marked the end of WWI and many countries around the world commemorate 2 this date under names such as Remembers’ Day.   In Poland  it’s  their  independence  day! There’s a lot going on around the world on this  day.

B: Wow, I didn’t know! Probably because I flunked 4 history in school.

armistice n.休战

The armistice did not spare France a pang 5.

停战协定并未使法国免遭剧烈的创伤。

treaty n.条约, 协定

The treaty gave (a) fresh impetus 6 to trade.

这条约使双方的贸易又推进了一步。

commemorate vt. 纪念

This monument commemorates 7 our victory.

这座碑是为纪念我们的胜利而建的。

flunk 3 vt. 考试不及格

He flunked mathematics.

他数学没有考及格。

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poppy n.罂粟;鸦片

to pay your  respects 向你感激的人表示敬意

a moment  of silence 在退伍军人节人们默哀一分钟来怀念逝者

salute  vt. 向… 致意,向…致敬

They saluted 8 each other by raising their hats.

他们举起帽子互相致意。

A:你打算怎么过退伍军人节?

B:你是说休战日。

A: 如你所知,11月11日盟军和德国签署了和平条约,史称为“休战日”,它标志着一战的结束,全世界很多国家都纪念这个日子,有的将之称为”纪念日“。在波兰,就是它的独立日。这天全世界都会举行很多纪念活动。

B: 我还真不知道,可能是因为上学时历史不及格。

 



n.休战,停战协定
  • The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
  • The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。
vt.纪念,庆祝
  • This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
v.(考试)不及格(=fail)
  • I will flunk him if my student doesn't learn the material in the course.如果我的学生没有掌握课程的内容,我就会让他不及格。
  • If you flunk finals,you don't get the chance to do them again.如果你没通过期末考试,就没有机会再考一次了。
v.( flunk的过去式和过去分词 );(使)(考试、某学科的成绩等)不及格;评定(某人)不及格;(因不及格而) 退学
  • I flunked math in second grade. 我二年级时数学不及格。
  • He flunked out (of college) last year. 他去年(从大学)退学了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷
  • She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment.她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
  • She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love.她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。
n.推动,促进,刺激;推动力
  • This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
  • Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。
n.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )
  • A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂
  • The sergeant stood to attention and saluted. 中士立正敬礼。
  • He saluted his friends with a wave of the hand. 他挥手向他的朋友致意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
air bruck
alkylsulfate
angiodysplasia
APFSDS
biospeceroscope
bite-rim
Bouguer plot
brain function determination
bunaftine
burr marigold
centre-of-gravity position
clamping apparatus
clypeomorus batillariaeformis
common ring
corresponding author
creation time
danglings
dissociation constants
drop biscuits
electron-discharge tube
elgart
engine starting gear
Epione
extraseasonal fruiting
Failure is the mother of success
feudalisation
fig-shaped
final curve
fire ... off
fontrevaults
full habit
gains
Gentiana thunbergii
handling mechanization system
heere
helical axis
heteromerization
hitch rack
Hm
hormic theory
hydrofluoboric acid
impenitently
in dispute with
incident file
insensate
invariables
inward port charges
kaiaks
latest date
Linestrenol
long-range missile
long-side
loop weft
mackensen
macroautophagic
maintenance repairs
Maseku
mass energy conversion
mere equity
merry-made
microlensing
midlatitude
milk vessels
mixed department
mizunoes
mould test
natural error
Neuron multipolare
nickel plated steel
nonodontogenic
nonrevascularizable
not long for this world
offate
ozone depletion
perforation diameter
phakospora gossypii (arthur) hirat-suka
phalangid
poor land
programming knowledge
propeller-milling machine
pseudohexagonal
reeks
relief hole
roccella tinctorias
rvp
Satun, Changwat
secondary circuit
selfaction
sell by auction
stand map
standard interface
sticheron
stroke indicator
sub-orders
the gift
throw shapes
transportable micxocomputer sys-tem
vinegaring
violence against women
Wan, wide-area network.
x-inefficient
zener voltage temperature coefficient