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》
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access path control
adsorbent modifier
ailulose phosphate pathway
all-ceramic crown
analog controller
angelicotoxi
angular conjunctivitis
anise cookies
Band splitter.
barn-burning
Benneydale
bldg
boiler shell ring
bring forward loss
business proposition
carbon rich waste
cellular logic array
cesium hexafluorosilicate
cicyly
class action suits
controlled substance
convolute fold
culex (lophoceraomyia) rubithoracis
cyaneus
delay policy
deliberate defences
dracophyllum
drain box
east asiatic community
electrode reaction
Emily Dickinson
exhaust temperature at turbine inlet
f ya
fence round
forensic detachment
Fromental Halevy
genus frankliniellas
Givenway Vessel
grabke
halberd shark
hectographs
Hesiod
hormonology
How much do you practice every day
hula-hula
impingeth
kesterites
Lavandula officinalis
leucauge liui
limbic fissure
louse flies
Lyrurus tetrix
Mechanic Falls
microbial cell
micromolar
milroy-meige trophic edema
multivariate function
Nodi lymphatici prelaryngeales
pattern coating
plain white
platinammine
PLSVC
Poinsett, L.
preset prism
principle market
protoactiniums
pyrogenic silica
R. & V. R.
radix medialis tractus optici
ravello
regular differential form
relative enhancement coefficient
retd
reverse-wound geophone
ritual
Romer's gap
rural sociology
S-bromophenylcysteine
screw head mandrel
seismochronograph
semicolumns
sindaw
skidtestn
smoke-uptake
space-filling curves
spherical albedo
sporulates
tazettinone
thanatism
Tollarp
treasure flower
U-shaped enamelling furnace
unscathing
walking cane
waste disposal vessel
water-bed
Watteau backs
wavelans
wcas
wearable robot
without controversy
yellow borer