1、The three Americans, two of them have been served in the U.S. military, fought against the attacker. And with help from a Frenchman and a Briton, they were all over to overpower the gunman.

三名美国人与袭击者发生斗争，其中有两人曾效力于美国军队，随后在一名法国人和英国人的帮助下，他们最终制服了这名持枪者。

词汇解析

a、serve in 服务,服役,在…任职

e.g.There`s no other reason for training to be an Apache pilot other than to serve in Afghanistan.

帕尔默表示，“受训成为阿帕奇飞行员的原因只有一个，就是去阿富汗服役。

e.g.Do you volunteer or serve in an organization or are you a member of some group?

你是否在某个组织服务或者担任志愿者，又或者你是某个团队的成员？

b、fight against 对抗；反对；与……作斗争

e.g.He instructed his staff to crank up for an all-out fight against the nomination 跟读

他指示手下工作人员做好准备，全力以赴反对这项提名。

e.g.Now, all these bad things we have to fight against and that is what we are doing since Independence.

现在这些坏的事情我们不得不反对，那也是我们自独立以来一直做的事情。

2、Going into the weekend, there were more than 12 wildfires burning across California, and more than 12,000 firefighters battling them. Even after they`re brought under control, though, the effects of the drought will remain.

到了周末，加利福尼亚有12多处燃起大火，12000多名消防员参与灭火。虽然火势得到了控制，但干旱仍将持续。

词汇解析

a、even after 甚至在…之后

e.g.Even after all these years, the vivid Gombe characters continue to surprise and delight us.

即使多年以后，这些贡贝生灵们也一直在给我们带来惊讶和喜悦。

b、under control 处于控制之下；情况正常

e.g.We have everything under control, Governor.

我们控制住了局势，州长先生。

e.g.It took us about an hour to get it all back under control.

我们花了一个小时把问题全部解决使系统再度得到控制。

3、Believe it or not, I`m walking on a bridge right now. But through many years of subsidence, this bridge has collapsed down into the earth, so much so that the road is actually below the water level of this canal.

信不信，我现在正走在一座桥上。但经过多年的下沉，这座桥已经坍塌到地表上，道路甚至低于这条河流的水平面。

词汇解析

a、Believe it or not 信不信由你

e.g.Believe it or not, this is something everyone can do. 跟读

信不信由你，每个人都能做到这一点。

b、so much so that 到如此的地步以至于；甚至

e.g.So much so that we begin to lose ourselves. 跟读

如此的在乎，以至于我们开始失去自我。

e.g.So much so that at 18 he was sent to prison for 3 months for credit card fraud!

很多此类的行为以至在他18岁时由于偷取信用卡而被送入监狱3个月。

短语搭配

So much so that sleep 以至于不能入睡

so far as to; so much so that 甚至于

much so that 甚至