国家地理 融化的北极正使一场新的冷战升温(12)

About a week into the rangers²' mission the weather finally broke, and Marvin Atqittuq decided³ it was time to shoot Russians. He and Sgt. Dean Lushman, a former Canadian infantryman who had become an instructor⁴ with the ranger¹ program, hauled out a sheaf of brownish paper targets, stapled⁵ them to sticks, and planted half a dozen in the snow outside our camp. Each bore the printed image of a charging soldier, his mouth open in a yell, his rifle mounted with a bayonet. Lushman called them his "Commie squad⁶."

在加入骑警一周后，天气终于放晴，马尔文·阿提库决定要去打俄罗斯人。他和卢什曼，一位前加拿大步兵现骑警教员，拉出一捆棕色的纸靶，把它们钉在木桩上，在帐篷外树了6个。每一个上面都是一张打印的照片，上面是一个正在往前冲的士兵，他的嘴大张着在喊着什么，来复枪上装着刺刀。卢什曼把他们叫做“科密小队”。

The targets had been developed for NATO forces during the Cold War. Standing⁷ shoulder to shoulder at the foot of a small hill, they were the tallest objects around for miles, so obvious against the snow it didn't seem possible to miss.

这些靶子在冷战期间曾为北约做过改进。他们肩并肩站在一座小山的山脚下，方圆几里内他们是最高的目标，跟雪地一对比简直明显到不可能打不中。

Atqittuq drew a line in the snow 100 yards away and arranged his troops along it. He gave each a handful of bullets, and the rangers knelt onto sealskins or parkas and began firing their clumsy, antique rifles. Atqittuq said age was their only advantage: The old rifles had so few moving parts that they usually didn't freeze.

阿提库在100码远的雪地上画了一条线，并把军队安排在这里。他给了每个人一把子弹，士兵们于是跪在皮衣上，开始用笨拙的古老的步枪射击。阿提库说年纪是他们唯一的优势：老版的来复枪没什么可活动的部分，基本不会被冻住。

1 ranger   

n.国家公园管理员，护林员；骑兵巡逻队员

参考例句：

• He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
• He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。

2 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

5 stapled   

v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The letter was stapled to the other documents in the file. 这封信与案卷里的其他文件钉在一起。 来自辞典例句
• He said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk. 他以一种圆滑、率直的口气说着，并把一叠订好了的稿纸从他办公桌那边递过来。 来自辞典例句

6 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。