见信如晤Letters Live 第36期:'桑吉夫'读信:天呐,厨子死了(3)
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：见信如晤Letters Live
英语课
Another thing that bothers you is “cowardice 1 in the face of the enemy”. 另一件烦扰你的事情是“面对敌人时的懦弱”。
Well, the point is I suffered from cowardice in the face of the enemy throughout the war — in the face of the enemy, also in the legs, the elbows, and the wrists; 重点是，战时在敌人面前表现的怯懦让我痛苦不已，不仅是在敌人“面前”，他们的腿，他们的手肘甚至手腕也会让我战战兢兢；
in fact, after two years in the front line a mortar 2 bomb exploded by my head (or was it my head exploded by a mortar bomb), 其实，在前线呆了两年后，一枚迫击炮弹击中了我的头部(或者说我的头部撞上了一枚迫击炮弹)，
and it so frightened me, I put on a tremendous act of stammering 3, stuttering, and shivering. 这场景把我吓坏了，我当时口吃，结巴，浑身颤抖，表情十分夸张。
This mixed with cries of “mother” and a free flow of dysentery enabled me to be taken out of the line and down-graded to B2. 哭爹喊娘的恐惧加上身患痢疾，我终于被撤下前线并被降级为B2。
But for that brilliant performance, this letter would be coming to you from a grave in Italy. 要不是这一身浮夸的演技，你收到的这封信可能会从意大利的坟墓里发出来。
Any more questions from you and our friendship is at an end. 你若再起疑，休怪我割袍断义。
Sincerely, Spike Milligan 斯派克·米利甘谨上
n.胆小，怯懦
- His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
- His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
v.结巴地说出( stammer的现在分词 )
- He betrayed nervousness by stammering. 他说话结结巴巴说明他胆子小。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- \"Why,\" he said, actually stammering, \"how do you do?\" “哎呀，\"他说，真的有些结结巴巴，\"你好啊？” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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