【跟着英剧练发音】A Histry Of Britain - 11 A

 文本：

Not once but twice, Julius Caesar's plans were sabotaged¹ by that perennial² secret weapon of the British, the weather. On the first go-round in 55 BC, a cavalry³ transport which had already missed the high tide and got itself four days late, finally got going only to run directly into a storm and be blown right back to Gaul.

译文：

不止一次而是两次，凯撒大帝的入侵，被不列颠天然的秘密武器所阻：天气.公元前55年的首次入侵中，一骑兵团在错过满潮的四天后强行登陆，最终卷入狂风巨浪之中，被迫返回高卢。

1 sabotaged   

阴谋破坏（某事物）( sabotage的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. 供水主管道被叛乱分子蓄意破坏了。
• They had no competition because competitors found their trucks burned and sabotaged. 他们之所以没有竞争对象，那是因为竞争对象老是发现自己的卡车遭火烧或被破坏。 来自教父部分

2 perennial   

adj.终年的；长久的

参考例句：

• I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
• There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。

3 cavalry   

n.骑兵；轻装甲部队

参考例句：

• We were taken in flank by a troop of cavalry. 我们翼侧受到一队骑兵的袭击。
• The enemy cavalry rode our men down. 敌人的骑兵撞倒了我们的人。