胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇070

Lesson 70 The Captain’s Speech 上尉的演说

Words:

 

dirge¹ n. 哀歌，挽歌

 

disabuse² v. 打消（某人）的错误念头，纠正，解惑

 

disadvantage n. 缺点，坏处，不利

 

disaffect v. （政治上的）不满，叛离

 

disapprobation n. 不赞成，非难

 

disapproval³ n. 不赞成

 

disarm⁴ v. 缴械，解除武装；缓和，消除（敌意、疑虑等）

 

disarming⁵ adj. 使接触警戒心，消除敌意的

 

disarrange v. 打乱，搅乱

 

disarray⁶ n. 混乱，漫无秩序

 

disaster n. 灾难，不幸；彻底的失败

 

disastrous⁷ adj. 损失惨重的；悲伤的

 

disavow v. 不承认，否认

 

disband v. 解散（军队）

 

disburse⁸ v. 支付

 

discard vt. 丢弃

 

discern vt. 看出；觉察到

 

discernible adj. 可识别的

 

discerning adj. 有识别力的；眼光敏锐的

 

discharge vt. 释放；排除；n. 流出；放电

 

“We must honor the dead,” said the commander, with a look of disapprobation. It was a disastrous battle. The entire town was

destroyed. There was smoke everywhere. Hundreds of deceased soldiers lay in a state of disarray. “Captain, make sure that the band plays a good dirge.”

 

The captain motioned the three-man band to start playing. As the music began to play, the captain turned and faced his men. The captain was a very bright and discerning man. He immediately discerned the disadvantage that this situation could create. This battle had caused a discernible difference in the morale⁹ of the men. Most of his men were still teenagers. None of them had ever experienced the horror of battle.

 

The captain began to speak. “Men, we cannot disavow what happened today. We had no choice in the matter. Do not think that I can’t see the look of disapproval on some of your faces. I know that s scene like this can easily disarrange your thoughts, no matter how brave you are. However, you must not let this disaster disaffect you. You have to discard any thoughts of disbanding. Instead, let this horrible event have the opposite effect. Let us disabuse ourselves of the idea that we are invincible¹⁰. Let it persuade us to complete our mission to disarm the rebels and to bring peace and stability to this region. As soon as we succeed in ending this dreadful war, the government will disburse funds to help rebuild this country. It will allow the people to return to a normal life. The children will return to school. Life will go on and you’ll be discharged to go home to your families.”

 

“What a disarming speech!” the men murmured.

 

这是一场损失惨重的战役。整个城镇都被摧毁。战火的硝烟还没有散去。数百名死去的士兵横七竖八地躺在那里。“我们必须向死难者致敬，”指挥官说话时一脸的不满。“上尉，一定让乐队为他们演奏一首表达我们哀思的挽歌。”

 

上尉示意三人乐队开始演奏。音乐一起，上尉就转过身面对他的士兵。上尉头脑聪明，眼光敏锐。他马上察觉出这种局面会带来的不利影响。这场战役使士兵们的士气产生了明显的变化。他们中大多数人还是青少年。没有人曾经经历过战争的恐怖。

 

上尉开始讲话了。“士兵们，我们不能否认今天发生的一切。在这个问题上我们别无选择。不要以为我看不出你们一些人脸上的不满。我明白，无论你多么勇敢，眼前这一幕也会很容易搅乱你的思想。但是你不可以因为这种灾难而产生不满情绪。你必须丢弃一切解散军队的念头。相反，我们要化恐怖为力量。让我们打消我们是战无不胜的错误念头。让着惨烈的一幕激励我们去完成解除乱党武装、恢复本地区和平与稳定的使命。一旦我们胜利地结束这场可怕的战争，政府会支付专款重建家园。人们将恢复正常的生活，孩子们将回到学校，生活会继续下去，你们也会解散回家与家人团聚。”

 

“真是一番消除疑虑的演讲啊！”士兵们低声嘟囔着。

1 dirge   

n.哀乐，挽歌，庄重悲哀的乐曲

参考例句：

• She threw down her basket and intoned a peasant dirge.她撂下菜篮，唱起庄稼人的哀歌。
• The stranger,after listening for a moment,joined in the mournful dirge.听了一会儿后这个陌生人也跟著唱起了悲哀的挽歌。

2 disabuse   

v.解惑；矫正

参考例句：

• Let me disabuse of that foolish prejudices.让我消除那个愚蠢的偏见。
• If you think I'm going to lend you money,I must disabuse you of that wrong idea.你若认为我会借钱给你，我倒要劝你打消那念头。

3 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。

4 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

5 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

6 disarray   

n.混乱，紊乱，凌乱

参考例句：

• His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.妻子离去后，他的个人生活一片混乱。
• Our plans were thrown into disarray by the rail strike.铁路罢工打乱了我们的计划。

7 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

8 disburse   

v.支出，拨款

参考例句：

• Cashiers receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions.除了金融机构，出纳员也会在一些社会机构里收款付款。
• On approval,we will disburse the fund to your designated bank account directly.一经批核，贷款将于扣除手续费后直接存入您指定的银行账户。

9 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

10 invincible   

adj.不可征服的，难以制服的

参考例句：

• This football team was once reputed to be invincible.这支足球队曾被誉为无敌的劲旅。
• The workers are invincible as long as they hold together.只要工人团结一致，他们就是不可战胜的。