福克斯新闻 纪念诺曼底登陆75周年(1)

Set tomorrow of course is the 6th, the actual anniversary¹ of D- Day, but today was also pretty special here in France. We had military planes flying over the fields this morning as they did 75 years ago. This time, there were paratroopers jumping out as well, but they had a bit of a different mission² today, watch this. This enormous³ crowd and the miles of traffic that go along with it are here to watch the paratroopers as they come out of the sky to mark the 75th anniversary of June 5th, when the paratrooper dropped in the night before D-Day. But one of the main attractions here today is a man named Tom Rice.

明天是6月6日，诺曼底登陆纪念日。但是在法国，今天也是一个特殊的日子。75年前的今天早晨，我们的军用飞机飞过这片土地。这一次，伞兵在这里跳伞，但他们今天有一个不同的任务，下面请看采访。大批群众和数英里的随行车辆来到这里观摩伞兵跳伞，纪念伞兵在诺曼底登陆前夜（6月5日）跳伞75周年。但是今天的焦点之一是一个叫汤姆·赖斯的人。

Tom is 97-years-old and he has jumped every year for the past six years to remember those who were lost and to make sure that everyone remembers the sacrifice that was made on that day. Tom is about to jump. We're here ready for him to do that. He's gonna have an enormous American flag hanging behind him making as he makes his seventh jump in the last six years. We will be watching. Are you OK? We're OK. Great jump. Hey! Sorry about the landing⁴. Oh, that's OK. Nobody got hurt. There you go, sir. You looked good. Tom, congratulations on your jump. Well, thank you very kindly⁵. It was a great jump. What was going through your mind as you were riding in the plane over the skies here above Carentan? What were you thinking about? Looking at the beautiful landscape. And my body was in one place and my mind was in another place and I didn't get them both together until I left the aircraft.

现年97岁的汤姆·赖斯在过去的六年中每年都用跳伞来纪念那些失踪的人，并确保每个人都铭记那一天牺牲的人。汤姆即将跳伞。我们在这里期待着。他身后将会飘扬着巨大的美国国旗，这是他过去六年后的第七次跳伞。我们将拭目以待。你们还好吗？我们还好。跳的不错。嘿！抱歉我没有处理好着陆。哦，没事。没有人受伤。先生，这边请。你看起来不错。汤姆，恭喜你完成了跳伞。非常感谢，这次跳的不错。当你坐飞机飞过卡朗唐时，你想到了什么？你在想什么？我在欣赏美丽的风景。我的身体在一处，思绪在另一处，直到我下飞机它们才合二为一。

1 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。

2 mission   

n.使命，任务，天职；代表团，使团

参考例句：

• He was charged with an important mission.他受委托承担一项重要使命。
• I'll leave you to undertake an important mission.我要让你承担一项重要使命。

3 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

4 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

5 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。