时间:2019-01-27 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  This is ANZAC day, a day that New Zealanders and Australians remember all those soldiers who died in wars in the last century.

ANZAC means Australia New Zealand Army Corps 1 and it was the name the Australian and New Zealand soldiers gave to their group who fought together in Turkey in 1915. They landed at Gallipoli at dawn on 25th of April, hoping to win the battle easily against Turkey. In fact, it was a disaster. The battle continued for 8 months, resulting in a large number of deaths on both sides.

Since that time, people in Australia and New Zealand have remembered that day. It is now a public holiday. At dawn, people go to a church service to remember those who died during war. There is usually a march of old soldiers after that. There are speeches and a trumpet 2 player plays “The Last Post”, the tune 3 which is usually played at a soldier’s funeral. After that, soldiers usually go to the RSA (the Returned Services Association) where they meet old friends.

A week or two before ANZAC day, volunteers sell red poppies made of paper and people wear these on their clothes. These poppies are a symbol of the real poppies that grew in cemeteries 4 around the graves 5 of soldiers. They are a reminder 6 of those who died during war. The money from the sale of poppies is for the families of soldiers who were wounded in recent wars. New Zealand sent soldiers to South Korea in the 1950s and to Vietnam in the 1970s.

Although 1915 was a long time ago, ANZAC day has become more important to young New Zealanders and Australians, and numbers attending services have increased. Young people who are visiting Turkey on holiday want to see Gallipoli. ANZAC day services are held in Gallipoli each year and also in many other countries such as Britain, the USA and some Pacific Islands. It is not clear why young people are so interested in ANZAC day. It may be because they are interested in history or have pride in their country or want to honour their ancestors or because they hope for peace in the future.



n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • 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。
n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘
  • He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴,我吹喇叭。
  • The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
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
n.(法国)格拉芙葡萄酒;坟墓( grave的名词复数 );死亡;钝重音符;沉音符v.坟墓( grave的第三人称单数 );死亡;钝重音符;沉音符
  • He went to visit the graves of his forefathers. 他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were eating themselves into their graves. 他们吃喝过度,在自找死路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
学英语单词
adrenic
aero engines
aerogenic bacteria
air force-navy
air-glass interface
al-qaradawi
antifestival
argentoproteium
astern approaching method
atua
austrian capitals
automatic message accounting system
basalt clay(basalt wacke)
basophobia
be taken off allocation
bear's weed
binder stud
black market transaction in foreign exchanges
business concept
charge forward
chronotherapeutics
clear light size
common-mode input impedance
commutating brush
corner the market
coupling rod
curtain effect
cyatotheca
decrement viscosity gauge
designation plate
diclofenac potassium
direct coal-fired MGD generator
disembitters
distance between rolls
eileen farrells
El Uarot
emergency-lighting set
fines removal
finger biscuit
flight-comparison
gasinduced osmosis
gear unit
golfese
good-government
governing institution
half-drunk
heat conduction calorimeter
hierarchy configuration
hierarchy of subnet
Hüfingen
immovable
implied answer
incarnata
incorded
it's a dog's life
lachnum brasiliense
landing navigation system
languid
lead dithionate
lead zirconate
magnetic flux density
malconformation
megalocorneas
membrane expansion theory
Miaolin
moderance
National Center for Atmospheric Research
nelkins
nonabsorbable ligature
nonquantum
norm space
normal thickness of blade
Novoil'inovka
old-men
on purpose
pacinian collagenoma
Pelymskiy Tuman, Ozero
perruque
photosynthesizers
polymetallic catalyst
push board
quantitative analysis in decision making
same manner
sand-mold
shifting of load
sitdowner
sixty-ninth
skar
smokeless burner
spiral milling cutter
stratigraphic hiatus
sub-grade capacity
suturae temporariara
take advantage of
Valdagno
vital virus
Wardian cases
waried
well I declare!
wet rot
Wondai
Zagora