时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)


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Americans paused Tuesday to honor the nation's military veterans. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports President Bush remembered their sacrifice in a speech delivered from the deck of an aircraft carrier that first saw combat in World War II.
 






President Bush holds his hand to his heart during the playing of the National Anthem 1 in New York, Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008



In Europe and Australia, the 11th of November is called Remembrance Day or Armistice 2 Day. In the United States, it is Veteran's Day.

The observance began to mark the end of World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.

But for Americans, it is a time to honor all those who served in the nation's military - from the Revolutionary War to the present.

The President of the United States traditionally marks the occasion with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery 3, just across the Potomac River from the White House.

But President Bush chose a different venue 4 for his final Veteran's Day as commander in chief. He spoke 5 on the deck of the USS Intrepid 6, a decommissioned aircraft carrier that serves as a military and space museum in New York.

"Today, we send a clear message to all who have worn the uniform: thank you for your courage, thank you for your sacrifice, and thank you for standing 7 up when your nation needed you most," Mr. Bush said.

Vice-President Dick Cheney took Mr. Bush's place at Arlington National Cemetery, and placed a wreath at a memorial to the nation's war dead - the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Cheney spoke of the challenges facing the active duty military personnel of today, emphasizing their determination to make the world a safer place.
 






President-elect Obama (l) and Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth, director, Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs lay a wreath at the Bronze Soldiers Memorial in Chicago, 11 Nov 2008




"There is no mystery behind the endurance and the success of American liberty. It is because in every generation, from the Revolutionary period to this very hour, brave Americans have stepped forward and served honorably in the armed forces of the United States," Cheney said.

Similar, though smaller scale, observances were held at military cemeteries 8 and war memorials across the country. President-elect Barack Obama took part in one such commemoration, laying a wreath at a ceremony in Chicago.

In a written statement, Mr. Obama said all Americans are united in honoring the extraordinary service and selfless sacrifice of the nation's veterans. And he vowed 9 that as the next commander in chief, he will keep America's sacred trust with all those who have served in the military.



n.圣歌,赞美诗,颂歌
  • All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
  • As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上,唱起了国歌。
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。
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。
n.犯罪地点,审判地,管辖地,发生地点,集合地点
  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.无畏的,刚毅的
  • He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action.他没有真正满意他的无畏行动。
  • John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader.约翰勇敢的个性适合作领导工作。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.(非教堂的)墓地,公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )
  • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里,邻近墓地的地方,时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
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achaemanid
Alvarez accelerator
azosulfamide
barbecute
Bassfield
biadder worm
brake pressure
bring something up to date
calibrating resistance
cause ill blood
chalchuite
character change
cleaning screen
coking arch
common goal
complementarity
compound motor
conchoid of Nicomedes
confide to sb that...
decreasing term insurance
direct instruction
dump heat test
dyest
eartags
enshelled
epicentral region
equilibrium stability
eupatoria
fardelled
finger-painted
flash point-apparatus
foreheads
foreign exchange holdings
geocomposite
geon (geometric ion)
glenospore disease
goodeniaceaes
Gornaya
goryphus basilaris
hemicorporectomies
hypomecis formosana
immunoneutralisation
injury to auricle
is of interest to
isomere
kucheans
lacerating machine
land leases
layer of ganglion cells
line judges
list up
logical check
look-ahead data staging architecture
lozenge-shapeds
lupus cell
methyleneurea
misbeliever
mounting area
multi-disciplinary
multichannel recording oscillograph
necked-down section
netversion
non-ferromagnetics
non-jacquard machine
normalbacteriolysin
obduratenesses
operating convenience
operational semantics
optimum cure point
orthostatic
overtones
Padumi
paid attention to
plateros
point pitch
Pokrovka
race way grinding machine
reactive golden yellow
receiver of the refrigerator
recorded gap
refined syrup
refrigeration dehumidifying
registerial
reprocessing rate
rolling hatch beam
Romishly
scymnus (neopullus) hoffmanni
shift driving shaft
shiner
sonar beam pattern
spherolite
standard minerals
stereo(regular) rubber
telebooths
tolyl-
total points
transmission, parallel
unclonable
unindents
villanized
warm sludge
xanthochilus