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The battle tactics of the Roman army were rehearsed and drilled,

罗马军队的战术都经过了反复的演练

and rehearsed and drilled to a fault,

通过不断地演练找到缺陷

so that in the chaos and distraction of battle,

这样在混乱的战场上

everyone did their job, they knew what to do.

每个士兵都能各司其职 知道自己该干什么

By the time Paulinus is finished in Britain,

保利努斯的军队结束在英国的任务时

His men kill as many as 80,000 people.

击杀人数已达八万人之多

The rebel stronghold, destroyed.The druids, annihilated.

反叛者的据点也被捣毁 而德鲁伊人 也不复存在

Once a land is conquered, the first priority:A network of roads.

当一篇土地被征服后 首要任务便是 建造公路网络

The Roman soldier was a versatile soldier.

罗马士兵是全能的士兵

He wasn't just a fighting machine.

他不仅是战场上的杀戮机器

He was an engineer,a road builder, a bridge builder.

还是优秀的工程师 铺路工人 造桥工人

This meant you could have rapid deployment of the Roman army.

这样一来 便可以很快地从罗马军队调用人手

The Roman road, 23 feet across,

罗马人建造的公路 宽二十三英尺(约七米)

Wide enough for an army to march six abreast.

可容六列军队并肩前进

重点讲解

1、rehearse

排练，演练，预演(戏剧、舞蹈或音乐作品)

A group of actors are rehearsing a play about Joan of Arc.

一群演员正在排演一出关于圣女贞德的戏。

Tens of thousands of people have been rehearsing for the opening ceremony in the workers' stadium.

数万人一直在工人体育馆为开幕式进行排练。

默默练习;默述;默诵

Anticipate any tough questions and rehearse your answers.

预先考虑可能遇到的各种棘手问题，并且自己练习回答。

We encouraged them to rehearse what they were going to say.

我们鼓励他们默述一下他们要说的内容。

2、distraction

分散注意力的事;使人分心的事

I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do.

我觉得这开始让我无法集中精神做我真正想做的事情了。

Total concentration is required with no distractions.

要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。

可娱乐;消遣

every conceivable distraction from show jumping to bouncy castles.

每一个能想象得到的娱乐项目,从跳跃障碍赛到塑料充气城堡

Their national distraction is going to the disco.

他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

3、annihilate

歼灭；消灭；毁灭；彻底击溃

There are lots of ways of annihilating the planet.

毁灭地球有很多方法。

The Army was annihilated.

陆军被彻底击溃了。

（在竞赛或争论中）彻底击败，大胜

The Dutch annihilated the Olympic champions 5-0.

荷兰队以5比0完胜奥运冠军队。