(单词翻译:单击)
Passage One
短文一
Many people enjoy secret codes.
许多人喜欢密码 。
The harder the code,the more some people will try to figure it out.
密码越难,他们就越想要破译出来 。
In wartime, codes are especially important.
战时,密码尤其重要 。
They help army send news about battles and the size of enemy forces.
军队利用密码发送战争和敌军消息 。
Neither side wants its code broken by the other.
双方都不希望自己的密码被对方破解 。
One very important code was never broken. It was used during World War fl by the Americans.
二战期间,美国的一种密码从未被敌方破译 。
It was a spoken code, never written down, and it was developed and used by Navajo Indians.
这种密码由印第安部落纳瓦霍人开发和使用,没有书面形式,只是在纳瓦霍人之间口口相传 。
They were called the Navajo code talkers. The Navajos created the code in their own language.
这些人被称为纳瓦霍密码员,纳瓦霍密码以纳瓦霍人的方言为基础发展而来 。
Navajo is hard to learn and only a few people know it.
纳瓦霍语很难学,只有少数人知道 。
So it was pretty certain that the enemy would not be able to understand the code talkers.
所以可以肯定的是,敌人无法破解 。
In addition, the talkers used code words.
此外,他们还使用暗号 。
They called a submarine an iron fish and a small bomb thrown by hand a potato.
他们把潜水艇叫做“铁鱼”,把用手榴弹叫做“土豆” 。
If they wanted to spell something, they used code words for letters of the Alphabet.
如果他们想要说什么东西,就用字母来代替 。
For instance,the letter A was ant or apple or ax.
例如,字母A代表蚂蚁、苹果或斧头 。
The code talkers worked mostly in the islands in the Pacific.
密码员主要在太平洋的岛屿上工作 。
One or two would be assigned to a group of soldiers.
一组有一两个士兵 。
They would send messages by field telephone to the code talker in the next group.
他们将通过现场电话给下一组的密码员发送消息 。
And he would relay the information to his commander.
下一组的密码员会把情报传给指挥官 。
The code talkers played an important part in several battles.
密码员在在战争中起着重要作用 。
They helped troops coordinate their movements and attacks.
他们帮助部队协调行动和攻击 。
After the war,the U. S. government honored them for what they had accomplished.
战后,美国政府对其密码表示自豪 。
Theirs was the most successful wartime code ever used.
这是有史以来最成功的战时密码 。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你听到的短文回答9-11题
9.What does the speaker say many people enjoy doing?
问题9:说话者说很多人喜欢做什么?
10.What do we learn about the Navajo code talkers?
问题10:关于纳瓦霍族的密码员我们了解到什么?
11.What is the speaker mainly talking about?
问题11:说话者主要说了什么?