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Situation 6: Reading
場景6: 讀書
(The following is the content of Kevin's reading from the U.S.History book.)
(下面是凱文讀的美國歷史書上的內容.)
World War Two began in Europe.
第二次世界大戰是從歐洲開始的.
Europe is very far from the United States and so,
歐洲離美國很遠,
at first, the United States was not concerned.
開始時,美國沒有參與.
But the longer the war went on, the more the United States worried.
但是戰爭越久,美國就越擔心.
Even thught the United States itself was safe,
盡管美國自己很安全,
many of its friends in Europe were in danger.
它歐洲的許多朋友處在危險中.
Enland, in particular, was suffering from attacks by Nazi Germany.
特別是英國,正遭受德國海軍的攻擊.
Still, this was not enough to get the United States to fight.
但是這仍然不足以讓美國去大戰.
Some people from the United States even went to Canada to join the Canadian army and fight in Europe.
一些美國人甚至參加了加拿大的軍隊去歐洲打仗.
World War Two was a true world war because it was fought in both Europe and Asia.
第二次世界大戰是一次真正的戰爭,那是因為它發生在歐洲和亞洲之間.
In Asia, the Japanese were as bad as the Germans in Europe.
在亞洲,日本象歐洲的德國一樣壞.
Finally, in 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
最后,在1941年,日本炸掉了美國夏威夷珍珠港的海軍.
Only then did the United States join the fight in World War Two.
在那個時候美國才參加了第二次世界大戰.
(Ms.O'Neal stops Kevin.)
(奧尼先生停止了凱文.)
Kevin, what do you think of this reading?
凱文,你對這段有什么想法嗎?
It's very interesting.
很有趣.
My grandfather told me he joined the army in 1943,
我祖父告訴我他是1943年參軍的,
so that is after Pearl Harbor.
那是珍珠港戰役以后了.
Very good. You see why history is important.
很好.你知道歷史有多重要了吧.
In history we learn not only about our country but also about our families and ourselves.
從歷史中我們不僅可以學到有關我們國家的事,而且還有我們的家庭和我們自己.
Yeah, when I think about it like that history is pretty fun after all.
是啊,那時我認為歷史終究是非常有趣的.
What do you mean “after all”?
“終究”是什么意思？
Does that mean it was boring before?
意思是以前都很煩躁嗎？
No, that's not what I meant.
不，我不是那個意思。
It's okay. You can be honest.
沒有關系。你可以誠實一些。
Honestly, it was a little boring.
老實說,是有點枯燥。
