Situation 6: Reading
场景6: 读书
(The following is the content of Kevin's reading from the U.S.History book.)
(下面是凯文读的美国历史书上的内容.)
World War Two began in Europe.
第二次世界大战是从欧洲开始的.
Europe is very far from the United States and so,
欧洲离美国很远,
at first, the United States was not concerned.
开始时,美国没有参与.
But the longer the war went on, the more the United States worried.
但是战争越久,美国就越担心.
Even thught the United States itself was safe,
尽管美国自己很安全,
many of its friends in Europe were in danger.
它欧洲的许多朋友处在危险中.
Enland, in particular, was suffering from attacks by Nazi Germany.
特别是英国,正遭受德国海军的攻击.
Still, this was not enough to get the United States to fight.
但是这仍然不足以让美国去大战.
Some people from the United States even went to Canada to join the Canadian army and fight in Europe.
一些美国人甚至参加了加拿大的军队去欧洲打仗.
World War Two was a true world war because it was fought in both Europe and Asia.
第二次世界大战是一次真正的战争,那是因为它发生在欧洲和亚洲之间.
In Asia, the Japanese were as bad as the Germans in Europe.
在亚洲,日本象欧洲的德国一样坏.
Finally, in 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
最后,在1941年,日本炸掉了美国夏威夷珍珠港的海军.
Only then did the United States join the fight in World War Two.
在那个时候美国才参加了第二次世界大战.
(Ms.O'Neal stops Kevin.)
(奥尼先生停止了凯文.)
Kevin, what do you think of this reading?
凯文,你对这段有什么想法吗?
It's very interesting.
很有趣.
My grandfather told me he joined the army in 1943,
我祖父告诉我他是1943年参军的,
so that is after Pearl Harbor.
那是珍珠港战役以后了.
Very good. You see why history is important.
很好.你知道历史有多重要了吧.
In history we learn not only about our country but also about our families and ourselves.
从历史中我们不仅可以学到有关我们国家的事,而且还有我们的家庭和我们自己.
Yeah, when I think about it like that history is pretty fun after all.
是啊,那时我认为历史终究是非常有趣的.
What do you mean “after all”?
“终究”是什么意思？
Does that mean it was boring before?
意思是以前都很烦躁吗？
No, that's not what I meant.
不，我不是那个意思。
It's okay. You can be honest.
没有关系。你可以诚实一些。
Honestly, it was a little boring.
老实说,是有点枯燥。