二战启示录 第70期:盟军反攻(2)

 On the 7th November the anniversary of the revolution

11月7日，革命纪念日

the beleagued soldiers holding Stalingrad and the Soviet¹ troops all along the front

守着斯大林格勒的被困士兵和前线的苏军

listen to their Commander Chief Stalin make this astonishing declaration

听他们的总司令斯大林做出此一惊人的宣告

"Tomorrow there will be celebrations in our streets"

“明天我们将在街头欢庆胜利”

And indeed Genernal Joukov, the man who saved Moscow has a plan to keep those pockets resistances fighting to the very end

拯救莫斯科的朱可夫将军，的确计划让那些零星抵抗区抗争到最后

in order to retain the German troops of Genernal Paulus insides Stalingrad

好把保卢斯将军带领的德军留在斯大林格勒

On the other side of Volga Joukov is secretly put into together an entire army

在伏尔加河另一边朱可夫正秘密集结一整支军队

The country has been ravaged²

国家遭到蹂躏

One fouth of its territory lost

失去四分之一的领土

but entire Soviet Union is toiling³ away to provide this new army with huge amounts of equipment

但全苏联上下正焚膏继晷，提供这支新军队大量装备

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Factories were moved out and rebuilt behind the Ural Mountains are operating 24 hours a day

被选出并重建于乌拉山脉后方的工厂24小时全天候营运

In this endeavor lives will be sacrificed

在这样的艰辛中生命将被牺牲

It is the winter of 1942

当时是1942年冬天

The women working in these unheated sometimes ruthless workshops are cold and hungry

在这些寒冷、残忍的工厂工作的女性又冷又饿

many will die of exhaustion⁴

许多人将因过劳而死

but the country industrial production will increase ten fold

但苏联的工业生产力将提高十倍

The United States is now providing massive amount of aid to the Soviet Union

如今美国提供苏联大量协助

The Allies are able to reduce the thereat posed by German submarines in the north Atlantic

盟军藉由派护航舰队到如莫曼斯克等苏联港口

by performing protective convoy⁵ to Soviet ports such as Murmansk

成功降低德军潜艇在北大西洋的威胁

Anti-communism is put on hold

反共产主义先放到一旁

For the Americans Joseph Stalin is now "Uncle Joe" and for the British "Good Old Joe"

对美国人来说乔瑟夫斯大林成了“乔大叔”，英国人则称他“老乔”

The Russians receive huge shipment of jeeps, tanks, planes and trucks and cans of corned beef

苏联收到大量的吉普车、坦克、飞机和卡车，还有一大堆咸牛肉罐头

When they open the tins of meat the Russian soldiers joke

苏联士兵边打开牛肉罐头边打趣

"We are opening the second front."

“我们正打开第二条战线”

along with Stalin everyone expect the Allies to do more to alleviate their plight

和斯大林一样，大家都期盼盟军多做点事来减轻他们的困境

In Egypt however the Britishs are being threatened by the Germans

然而在埃及，英军正受到德军的威胁

Rommel from Hitler has just promoted to the Field Marshal after his victory in the desert

“埃尔温隆美尔”在沙漠战胜后，希特勒提拔其为陆军元帅

and his tank army the Africa Corps are getting dangerously close to the Suez Canal

而他的装甲师非洲军团正危险地逼近苏伊士运河

They've reached El Alamein

他们抵达阿拉曼

The British Empire is in peril

大英帝国岌岌可危

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 ravaged   

毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫

参考例句：

• a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
• The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。

3 toiling   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 这位激昂的演说家把无所事事的富人同终日辛劳的工人阶级进行了对比。
• She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她觉得自己像只甲虫在地里挣扎，心中涌满愤恨。

4 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

5 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。