艾伦脱口秀第292期:勇于奉献的军人

 　　Hi,Ellen,I want to let you know about my amazing husband,Sergeant¹ Chad Sparks Ellen 你好 我想给你介绍一下我了不起的丈夫 Sergeant Chad Sparks

　　We've been married for two years and have a baby girl Brooke 我们结婚两年了 女儿Brooke刚出生不久

　　We are struggling financially and some unexpected expenses depleted² our savings,We're living penny to penny 家里生活拮据 意外开支耗光了我们的积蓄 我们现在过着一块钱分成两半花的日子

　　My husband is truely the man every girl dreams of,honest hard working and a dedicated³ soldier 我丈夫确实是那种完美老公 他诚实努力 是一名勇于奉献的军人

　　Chad deploys⁴ to Afghanistan in a month,I know he's worried about leaving us 还有不到一个月 他就要去阿富汗了 我明白他很担心我们母女

　　and I just want him to know how much I love him,thanks for listening,your show helps me stay positive 我只是想告诉他 我很爱他 谢谢读我的信 你的节目教会我保持乐观的心态

　　and be grateful for the things I have,love Ashley.They're in our audience,please come down here,Sergeant Chad Sparks and Ashley 知足常乐 心怀感恩 爱你的Ashley 这对夫妇就坐在观众席上 请到台上来 Sergeant Chad Sparks还有Ashley

　　Surprise.Yeah.You thought you just come to see a show,didn't you.Oh my god. 给你个惊喜 好开心 你们以为只是来看节目的对吧 真没想到

　　It's an honor to meet both of you and to have you in the audience 很荣幸能请到你们过来看节目聊天

　　And I love that you wrote this,because we get a chance to say thank you 多亏你写信给我 我们才有机会表达我们的感谢

　　Because it is a sacrifice that so many of you make and I know how hard this is 感谢你们的奉献与付出 这一定很不容易

　　And you're about to go back to Afghanistan,this is your second deployment,right 你很快又要去阿富汗了 这是你第二次任务 对吧

　　Yeah,I deployed once for six months,I was injured over there 是的 之前我去过半年 在那儿负了伤

　　And then right now,we haven't been set to deploy yet,but we've been waiting on it,so we've just been preparing 目前还没有调遣我们过去 但我们一直都在待命 时刻准备着奔赴前线

　　We're as ready as we can be and hold stand for the nation's call figure your call upon us,for the heaven we've been told 我们做好了十足的准备 为了国家的需要 服从安排 时刻准备着

　　And there is the baby,there armed about the baby,and what do you do for the military 看这个宝宝 抱着的宝宝 在军队你是做什么的

1 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

2 depleted   

adj. 枯竭的, 废弃的 动词deplete的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Food supplies were severely depleted. 食物供应已严重不足。
• Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. 两个队都因队员受伤而实力大减。

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 deploys   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的第三人称单数 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• It then deploys "decoy" programs designed to attract the virus. 然后，它释放“诱饵”去吸引病毒。
• But when that doesn't work, he deploys his secret defense mechanism. 但没有效果，它要施展绝密自卫武器了。