环球慢速英语 埃利·威塞尔(5)

Voice 1: Being with his father helped Elie not to give up. But over time, Elie's father became too weak to move. Elie could do nothing. He watched his father die. He was all alone now. Elie was only fifteen.

声音1：因为和父亲在一起，所以埃利没有放弃。但是随着时间的推移，埃利的父亲越来越虚弱，已经无法行动。埃利什么都做不了。他亲眼看着他的父亲死去。只剩下他一个人。当时埃利只有15岁。

Voice 2: Soon after Elie's father died, the Nazis¹ were defeated. All the Jews² in the concentration³ camps were free. Elie had survived. But Elie already felt like he was dead. He did not want to live anymore. He did not think he had any reason to live.

声音2：埃利的父亲死后不久，纳粹就被击败了。集中营里的所有犹太人都获得了自由。埃利活了下来。但是埃利感觉他已经死了。他不想再活下去。他认为他没有活下去的理由。

Voice 1: For the next few years, Elie lived in a home for children without parents. There he re-united with his other two sisters. They had also survived the concentration camps.

声音1：接下来的几年，埃利生活在一个供没有父母的孩子居住的地方。他在那里和他的两个姐妹团聚了。她们也在集中营幸存了下来。

1 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Jews   

n.犹太教徒( Jew的名词复数 )；犹太人

参考例句：

• Hitler's original plan was to kill off all the German Jews. 希特勒的最初打算是杀光德国所有的犹太人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 concentration   

n.集中；专注；浓度；浓缩

参考例句：

• She wrinkled her brows in concentration.她蹙额皱眉，陷入沉思。
• If smoke is going that way,then it means the concentration here should be decreasing.如果烟雾沿着这个方向飘，这意味着，这里的浓度应该是减少的。