勇气化为恐惧

Each soldier is armed with a gladius,

每个士兵都配有一柄短剑

A short sword made from steel,

短剑由钢铁锻造而成

Designed for close-quarter combat.

专为近战设计

A pilum, a heavyweight javelin,

每名士兵还配有短矛 用作重型标枪

Seven feet long with a lethal metal spike.

短矛长七英尺 头部装有可致命的金属尖刺

And a shield, used in defense and attack.

另外 每人还有一个护盾 攻防均可

As Paulinus' men make contact with the britons,

当保利努斯的军队与英国人激战正酣之时

The writer tacitus describes the scene:

记载家塔西佗如是描述着战争场面

"The Druids lifted their hands to the heavens,"

德鲁伊人将双手高举上空

"Invoking the gods and pouring forth horrible curses."

唤醒神灵放下巨毒诅咒

"Our troops were in awe at such a spectacle.""

我军见状惊恐不已"

But Paulinus has been a commander for 20 years.

但保利努斯将军是久经沙场二十年的老兵

He knows he has the firepower to destroy the rebels.

他坚信自己有实力击溃敌军

You can have passion, you can have guts.

即使你有激情 也有勇气

But if you run up against a military might like Rome,

但如果你面对的是像罗马军队一样强大的敌人

that passion wanes quickly,those guts fade to fear,

你拥有的激情便一文不值 勇气也将转化为恐惧

and the next thing you know you're a conquered people.

然后你就沦为了阶下囚

重点讲解

1、describe

描述;描写;形容;叙述

We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.

我们请她描述一下她业余时间都在做什么。

She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test.

她在叙述自己如何因为拒绝接受呼吸测试而被捕时再也控制不住情绪。

把…说成;把…称为;认为

He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale...

他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。

Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'.

埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。

描画，画出(图形);形成…的形状

His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.

他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。

2、run up

积欠(账款、债务等)

He ran up a ￡1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel.

他在大不列颠阿德尔菲酒店积欠了1,400英镑的账单

Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.

很多俱乐部因为斥巨资购买外援而积欠了巨额债务。

3、conquer

占领;征服

During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia.

1936年，墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亚。

Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

11世纪早期，整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。

克服;攻克

I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences...

我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。

He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.

他一直未能戒除烟瘾。