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Americans use a lot of abbreviated, or shortened, expressions.

美国人使用许多缩略词，或者是简短的表达R&WV)Lt)A=H%。

What do you think this abbreviation means?

你知道这个缩略词是什么意思吗？

MIA

战斗中失踪

Jonathan!How’ve you been?

乔纳森！你去哪了？

It has been so long since I’ve seen you.

好长时间都没有见过你了aqOfh8@Kr8akrSI。

Yeah,I’ve been MIA for a while.

是的，我是失踪了一段时间mVL48,#XO1|rpebe|S#U。

I went down to Brazil and spent two weeks with my family in Rio de Janeiro.

我去了巴西里约热内卢，跟我的家人在那呆了两周=SH~vZ5lYmq|bQE。

I just got back a few days ago.

我前些日子才回来cKI5Vd1Yyu739oBl.;。

Oh!I hear that Rio is so exciting with beautiful beaches and music...

哦！我听说里约迷人的海滩和美妙的音乐激动人心~tgVRq@C5k[~。

Yeah.I might just go MIA again soon!

是的！近来我也许要再次消失了！

MIA is an abbreviation for missing in action.

MIA是“军事行动中消失”短语的缩略词U([tjueqh)z0JKz)=@~。

You can use this expression when someone “disappears“ and you don’t see them for a long time.

你可以用这个表达来形容某人的“消失”不见很长时间s!LTbczS,W+sK1bV。

People in the military say a soldier is MIA if that person is not found after a battle.

人们用MIA来形容军事中战后失踪的战士o*q4xcQ.;@35O~q。

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