[by:可可英语~m.moreplr.com] [00:00.00]Situation 6: Reading 场景6: 读书 [00:04.19](The following is the content of Kevin's reading from the U.S.History book.) (下面是凯文读的美国历史书上的内容.) [00:10.31]World War Two began in Europe. 第二次世界大战是从欧洲开始的. [00:13.22]Europe is very far from the United States and so, 欧洲离美国很远, [00:16.41]at first, the United States was not concerned. 开始时,美国没有参与. [00:20.17]But the longer the war went on, the more the United States worried. 但是战争越久,美国就越担心. [00:24.22]Even thught the United States itself was safe, 尽管美国自己很安全, [00:27.41]many of its friends in Europe were in danger. 它欧洲的许多朋友处在危险中. [00:30.58]Enland, in particular, was suffering from attacks by Nazi Germany. 特别是英国,正遭受德国海军的攻击. [00:36.10]Still, this was not enough to get the United States to fight. 但是这仍然不足以让美国去大战. [00:40.38]Some people from the United States even went to Canada to join the Canadian army and fight in Europe. 一些美国人甚至参加了加拿大的军队去欧洲打仗. [00:46.40]World War Two was a true world war because it was fought in both Europe and Asia. 第二次世界大战是一次真正的战争,那是因为它发生在欧洲和亚洲之间. [00:52.31]In Asia, the Japanese were as bad as the Germans in Europe. 在亚洲,日本像欧洲的德国一样坏. [00:57.34]Finally, in 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 最后,在1941年,日本炸掉了美国夏威夷珍珠港的海军. [01:04.18]Only then did the United States join the fight in World War Two. 在那个时候美国才参加了第二次世界大战. [01:09.13](Ms.O'Neal stops Kevin.) (奥尼先生停止了凯文.) [01:11.56]Kevin, what do you think of this reading? 凯文,你对这段有什么想法吗? [01:16.08]It's very interesting. 很有趣. [01:18.34]My grandfather told me he joined the army in 1943, 我祖父告诉我他是1943年参军的, [01:22.58]so that is after Pearl Harbor. 那是珍珠港战役以后了. [01:25.45]Very good. You see why history is important. 很好.你知道历史有多重要了吧. [01:29.93]In history we learn not only about our country but also about our families and ourselves. 从历史中我们不仅可以学到有关我们国家的事,而且还有我们的家庭和我们自己. [01:37.51]Yeah, when I think about it like that history is pretty fun after all. 是啊,那时我认为历史终究是非常有趣的. [01:42.47]What do you mean “after all”? “终究”是什么意思? [01:46.26]Does that mean it was boring before? 意思是以前都很烦躁吗? [01:49.58]No, that's not what I meant. 不,我不是那个意思。 [01:52.02]It's okay. You can be honest. 没有关系。你可以诚实一些。 [01:56.15]Honestly, it was a little boring. 老实说,是有点枯燥。