我们的故事

Kaffa, on the Black Sea.
卡法(埃塞俄比亚地名) 位于黑海
A thriving port At the crossroads of East and West,Controlled by Italian merchants.
是一个繁荣的港口 处于中西交接的交叉路口 由意大利商人掌控

One man is credited with speeding the plague into Europe,
有个男人被认为是将鼠疫带入欧洲的始作俑者
A descendant of Genghis Khan, Jani Beg.
他就是成吉思汗的后裔 札尼别
He murdered his own brother to seize power.
他谋害嫡亲兄弟 夺取汗位
Now he wants to expand the mongol empire westwards.
现在他想将蒙古帝国向西扩张
Kaffa stands in his way.But he has a terrible new weapon.
卡法就是他的绊脚石 但他拥有一个可怕的新武器
The plague kills his soldiers Faster than they can be replaced.
鼠疫夺走了他的士兵 士兵更替不及
But that gives Jani Beg an idea.His dead men become ammunition.
但这也让札尼别萌生出一个想法 他将死去的人当做弹药
Biological warfare wasn't entirely new.
生化战争并不是全新的
In the 6th century BC,both the Assyrians and the Greeks used to poison wells.
公元前六世纪 亚述人和希腊人都曾用过毒井
But at Kaffa, the Mongols took it another stage.
但是在卡法 蒙古人进入另一个阶段
They launched it physically,like a chemical bomb.
他们采用生理战 就像化学炸弹一样

重点讲解

1、credit
赊购;赊欠
The group can't get credit to buy farming machinery.
这些人无法赊购到农用机械。
You can ask a dealer for a discount whether you pay cash or buy on credit.
无论是付现还是赊购，都可以要求经销商打折。
结余;存款
The idea that I could be charged when I'm in credit makes me very angry.
想到账户里有余额时还要收费，我就非常气愤。
I made sure the account stayed in credit.
我确保账户里有余额。
(给账户)存(钱);把…记入贷方
She noticed that only $80,000 had been credited to her account.
她注意到自己的账户里只存进了80,000美元。
Midland decided to change the way it credited payments to accounts.
米兰银行决定改变付款贷记的方式。
2、launch
发射（火箭、导弹或卫星）
NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.
美国国家航空航天局计划发射一颗卫星上天，对宇宙射线进行研究。
A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
今天一早，一枚“德尔塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。
开展（重大活动）；发起，发动（军事袭击等）
Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive.
游击队发起攻击后，激烈的战斗一直持续不断。
The police have launched an investigation into the incident.
警方已对该事件展开调查。