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AMNA NAWAZ: And now to our "NewsHour" Shares, something on this Memorial Day we want you to know.
The Poppy Memorial arrived on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend, commemorating all of the American service members who have died since World War I.
VICE ADMIRAL JOHN BIRD (RET.), U.S. Navy: It's 133-feet-long, containing 645,000 poppies, each representing an American service man or woman killed in combat since World War I.
In World War I, a Canadian officer visiting a comrade whom he had lost in a grave site saw poppies growing up among the crosses.
He penned a poem, "In Flanders Field."
Three years later, an American woman, Moina Michael, wrote her own poem, "We Shall Keep the Faith."
And in that, she said we should never forget the fallen.
And she recommended wearing a poppy, as I'm doing.
So, from that day forward, the poppy has been the symbol of the fallen.
The memorial is located here in an ideal location on the Mall, surrounded by the Vietnam Memorial, the Korean Memorial, the Lincoln, the World War II Memorial, so that Americans can see the connection between those memorials and 645,000 lives lost.
When you think about our history, and you think that World War I was the war to end all wars, and we have had World War II, Korea, Vietnam.
And our men and women in service are in combat right now, I think that has a lot of significance on both sides, the tragedy, as well as the inspiration that they're willing to fight for their country and, if necessary, die.
We need to stop and think about what Memorial Day means as Americans, the men and women that made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could be free.
AMNA NAWAZ: On the "NewsHour" online right now: Two women veterans who are poets share how writing has helped them heal from PTSD.
Read their poems and more on our Web site, PBS.org/NewsHour.
重点解析
1.arrive on 抵达
She's due to arrive on thursday. meanwhile, what do we do?
她预定星期四到达，这期间我们做什么呢？
2.grow up 生长
All plants like to grow up towards the sunlight.
所有的植物都喜欢朝着阳光向上长。
3.as well as 既..又..
They visited some factories, hospitals as well as the school.
他们参观了这所学校，还参观了工厂和医院。
4.in service 服役
The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended
这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。
5.in combat 战斗
Over 16 million men had died in combat
1,600多万人在战斗中牺牲。
参考译文
阿姆纳•纳瓦兹：现在进入我们的NewsHour分享环节，阵亡将士纪念日上，这些内容望您了解。
本周，罂粟纪念墙在华盛顿国家广场落成，用以纪念一战以来所有阵亡的美国将士。
美国海军副舰长约翰•伯德：纪念墙长约133英尺，上面放有645,000朵罂粟花，每一朵都代表着一位一战以来阵亡的美国将士。
一战中，一位加拿大军医为其阵亡的战友扫墓，看见罂粟花在十字架间盛开。
于是他提笔写下诗作《在佛兰德斯战场》。
三年后，一位名叫Moina Michael的美国女人，创作了诗歌《We Shall Keep the Faith》。
诗中她说我们应永远怀念那些阵亡的将士。
她建议佩戴罂粟花，就像我现在这样。
所以，从那天起，罂粟花就成了阵亡将士的象征。
在华盛顿国家广场，纪念墙的位置十分理想，周围是越南战争纪念碑、朝鲜战争纪念碑、林肯纪念堂和二战纪念碑，这样美国人可以从中了解这些纪念建筑与645,000名阵亡将士之间的联系。
当你回顾我们的历史，你认为一战会是终结，但却发现一战完了还有二战、朝鲜战争、越南战争。
现在我们战争仍未停息，我认为这面纪念墙具有双重意义，一方面是悲剧的展现，另一方面则鼓舞将士为国而战，如果必要，还将献出生命。
作为美国人，我们需要停下来想想，阵亡将士纪念日到底意味着什么，想想那些为我们的自由而献出生命的美国军人。
阿姆纳•纳瓦兹：NewsHour线上节目现在正在播出：两位军中女诗人在节目中分享了写作如何帮助她们疗愈创伤后应激障碍。
您可以在PBS.org/NewsHour上阅读她们的诗作。
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