VOA标准英语2010年-POW Issues at Forefront of Rolling Thu
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(六)月
Memorial Day [May 31] is a U.S. national holiday that pays tribute to Americans killed in military service. Each year during the three-day holiday weekend around Memorial Day, the veterans group known as Rolling Thunder rumbles 1 into Washington, D.C. in a massive motorcycle caravan 2. The organization, with its roots in the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 1970s, focuses attention on those who were held as prisoners of war and who are still listed as missing in action.
Thousands of motorcyclists ride from the U.S. Department of Defense 3, across Memorial Bridge with the Army-administered Arlington National Cemetery 4 in the background, past a military officer who salutes 5 them,
past a crowd that shouts and applauds.
Many of the cyclists, mostly men in their 60's and younger, wear black leather or denim 6 vests decorated with patches that illustrate 7 the wars they have lived through and their military service.
The powerful-looking motorcycles gleam in the midday sun. Mounted red, white and blue American flags flap beside stark 8 black and white ones that show the profile of a prisoner of war.
The procession ends near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Rico Nuss, a member of Rolling Thunder, served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1972, with one year in Vietnam. He says the event is a show of support for those who cannot ride with them.
"We do it because it's important. It's not a parade. It's not a get together. It's a demonstration," says Nuss. "We want a full accounting 9 of all our POWs".
- If I hear any rumbles I'll let you know. 我要是听到什么风声就告诉你。
- Three blocks away train rumbles by. 三个街区以外，火车隆隆驶过。
- The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
- Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- 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。
- Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
- A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句
- She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
- Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。
- The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
- This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。
- The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
- He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。