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Puritan: adj. 清教徒的
nickname: n. ［C］绰号，昵称
bravery: n. ［U］勇敢
enlist: v. 征募，应募，参军
artillery: n. 炮兵部队
chew tobacco: 嚼烟草
blistering: adj. 酷热的
gunshot: n. ［C］枪击
cannon: n. ［C］大炮
pitcher: n. ［C］罐壶，（带柄和倾口的）大水罐
【听力原文】
Last week we talked about Anne Bradstreet and the role of women in thePuritancolonies. Today I want to talk about some other women who've contributed to American history—some famous and some not-so-famous. The first woman I'd like to talk about isMollyPitcher. Those of you who are familiar with the name may know her as a hero of the American Revolution. But, in fact, there never was a woman named Molly Pitcher. Her real name was actually Mary Ludwig Hays. She got thenicknameMolly Pitcher for her acts ofbraveryduring the Revolutionary War. As the story goes, when Mary's—or Molly's—husband, John Hays,enlistedin theartillery, Mary followed, like many other wives did. She helped out doing washing and cooking for the soldiers. She was known to be a pretty unusual woman. She smoked a pipe andchewedtobacco. Anyway, in the summer of 1778, at the Battle of Monmouth, it was ablisteringhot day, maybe over a hundred degrees, and fifty soldiers died of thirst during the battle. Molly wasn't content to stay back at camp. Instead, she ran throughgunshotsandcannonfire carrying water inpitchersfrom a small stream out to the thirsty American soldiers. The relief that she brought with her pitchers of water gave her the legendary nickname Molly Pitcher. The story also says that she continued to load and fire her husband's cannon after he was wounded. They say she was so well liked by the other soldiers that they call her "Sergeant Molly." In fact, legend has it that George Washington himself gave her the special military title.
