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By Marissa Melton
Washington
26 May 2007

President Bush has called on Americans to rededicate themselves to the cause of freedom, as the nation remembers its war dead on this Memorial Day weekend. Marissa Melton reports from Washington.


In his weekly radio address, President Bush urged Americans to honor those who have given their lives in service to the nation as well as those who are defending freedom around the world today. He told the story of Sergeant 1 David Christoff of Ohio, a U.S. Marine 2 who enlisted 3 immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.


"Asked why he made the decision to serve, David said: 'I don't want my brother and sister to live in fear,'" he said.


Mr. Bush said Christoff earned a medal for wounds suffered in street battles in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, and later requested a second tour in Iraq because he believed there was a job to finish there. Christoff died in Anbar province a year ago. But Mr. Bush said, even in death, Christoff found a way to express his concern and support for his fellow soldiers.


 


"When his family received his belongings 4, his mother and his father each found a letter from David. He asked that they pray for his fellow Marines and all those still serving overseas," he said.






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A flag placed by a Boy Scout sits in front of a World War II soldier's head stone at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, 26 May 2007



Mr. Bush said on Memorial Day, celebrated 7 Monday, the nation will honor Christoff's request by praying for those serving overseas and their families and loved ones. He said Memorial Day is a time for Americans to rededicate themselves to freedom's cause. He said it is also a time to pay tribute to Americans from every generation who have given their lives for freedom.


In the Democrats 8' radio address, former Marine Elliott Anderson, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, said he was proud to serve his country but that he and some of his fellow service members oppose U.S. involvement in Iraq.


"I know I speak for many of my friends overseas when I say that the best way to honor the troops is to responsibly end our involvement in Iraq's civil war," he said.


President Bush is spending Memorial Day weekend at Camp David, the presidential mountain retreat near Washington. Before he left Friday, he presented five Purple Heart medals to wounded service members at the National Naval 9 Medical Center. Monday, he returns to the nation's capital to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.




n.警官,中士
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹?
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
adj.应募入伍的v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 );获得(帮助或支持)
  • enlisted men and women 男兵和女兵
  • He enlisted with the air force to fight against the enemy. 他应募加入空军对敌作战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.私人物品,私人财物
  • I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
  • Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
学英语单词
absorptive capacity
Achélouma
acid recovery plant
act of war
ampelopsises
anal plate
answering services
artificial joint
audibility range
audit office's mandate
average functionality
baby broker
be unqualified to do sth
blood freezes
bludgeon
bound in honour to do something
carrying initiating signal
cashmere rug
Catanil
chemical spray
coceine
coherence light
comb clamp
comsement
condense dye
contractualism
copists
correlation and regression quality
course beacon
cuprofen
cyberchurch
DHPU
diamond-thrower
direct-current key pulsing
distal process
Dombovar
dubitancy
epi
equatorial section
family naticidaes
finish on face and back
Foard City
get the boot
Göschweiler
hidden depths
image-processings
interpretation method
iron shaving
ktypeite
leaning back
linea intercondylica
lobulous
logical semantic term relation
long selling
mattoon
mixed type escapement
monopuff
obnoxiousnesses
pair of alphanumeric character
paterson's corpuscle
paying bank's charge
person-as-scientist metaphor
phase-shift circulator
photomultiplie
photon counting spectrophotometer
prince albert yews
prolapse of vitreous
pulpiform
quarter-elliptic spring
reapproaches
remote level indicator
RRV
RX monitor
safety glove
scaldfish
scrappier
semi-balance
side protector
signal demodulation
sinopite
soaraways
soy isoflavone
spaceborne laser radar
spray degreasing
standard frequency and time signal station
stormable
swivel disk jointer
symbolicisms
the grass is greener
thorw
torque output
transvitreal
trunk switching scheme
unamortized share-issuing expenses
voltage fluctuations
weihenstephaner
welt brush
wichter
wind being primary pathogen
wood maller
x-ray streak camera
zermattite