2015-10-23 History Channel:西恩宾回顾滑铁卢战役-3

 The battle that suppressed here was the first in history to be recorded in so much detail by so many soldiers. The eye-witness has told stories with incredible bravery. The reviewer what was alive to be a soldier of Waterloo that make sense of the callous¹ war. These stories would be my guide as I try to see the battles day to the time. And not just the fighting, but the waiting as well.On the night before the battle, the locals fled their villgages as thousands of soldiers converged² for the fight and wound moral might brink³. P.Morrice felt the worst, but the sergent reassured⁴ him,Tom!, he said, Although what it is, there is no short-made yet for either you or me. And it would be a sleepless⁵ night for the generals, too. So this is Wellington's headquarter.

Yeah! This is where he spent the night before the battle and it would look pretty nice like these short night since the spade hadn't changed that much.                                                    It's amazing to think spending last few hours in here, isn't it?

Yeah. You see that picture behind you thereof Wellington on Copenhagen.

Its horse and map pretty much how you will look and feel in the battle foreign day. we know, he knows that he's got a long day happened in the battle tomorrow so there is a lot of thinking going on the...He did it next to it

1 callous   

adj.无情的，冷淡的，硬结的，起老茧的

参考例句：

• He is callous about the safety of his workers.他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
• She was selfish,arrogant and often callous.她自私傲慢，而且往往冷酷无情。

2 converged   

v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集

参考例句：

• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
• People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

4 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。