英語(yǔ)段落學(xué)習(xí)：The Recall of U.S. Troops

　　Chris Carlson had been out of the U.S. Army (離開(kāi)美國(guó)陸軍，退伍，復(fù)員，英語(yǔ)可以簡(jiǎn)單地用(get) out of the army就可以表達(dá))for two years and was working at Costco in California(這說(shuō)明他目前只是個(gè)平民) when he received notice that he was being called back into service(接到命令：召回入伍。was being called back into service，就是召回(入伍)，等于was recalled into active duty,或was called back into active duty).

　　The 24-year-old is one of thousands of Soldiers and Marines(海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)) who have been deployed(軍事部署。有一點(diǎn)需要說(shuō)明的是：一個(gè)退伍軍人被召回不等于被deployed，也就是不一定就上戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)，這是recall to active duty和deploy的區(qū)別) to Iraq under a policy that allows military leaders to recall troops(還是召回的又一個(gè)說(shuō)法) who have left the service(就是get out of the service，指military service軍隊(duì)服役) but still have time left on their contract(在他們的服役合同上依然還有剩余的服役時(shí)間。這點(diǎn)可能就需要對(duì)美國(guó)的“義務(wù)兵制度”要有所了解了。美國(guó)青年是“義務(wù)兵制”，每個(gè)人都有8年的服役義務(wù)。跟讀大學(xué)一樣，不一定像中國(guó)那樣，要連續(xù)四年讀完，可以分段完成。所以，美國(guó)的前軍人“召回”，與其說(shuō)是熱情，不如說(shuō)是盡本份。所以，很難想像他們能喊出中國(guó)軍人“若有戰(zhàn)，召必回”那樣豪邁的語(yǔ)言來(lái)。).

　　"I thought it was crazy," said Carlson, (Carlson說(shuō)：我覺(jué)得這種召回簡(jiǎn)直就是神經(jīng)病)who has found himself protecting convoys (護(hù)衛(wèi)美國(guó)軍車車隊(duì))on Iraq's dangerous roads as part of a New Jersey National Guard unit. "Never in a million years did I think they would call me back(從來(lái)沒(méi)想過(guò)他們會(huì)發(fā)出召回令)."

　　好，剩下的英語(yǔ)我們就不一一讀完了。

　　我們此刻姑且不討論“若有戰(zhàn)，召必回”的英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)，至少，我們知道世界各國(guó)軍隊(duì)在戰(zhàn)時(shí)都會(huì)做同樣的一件事情，這就是：recall a retired soldier into active duty or service.

　　那你想有能力跟別人談?wù)撜務(wù)撌裁词莚ecall to active duty呀?

　　Well I know that means a retired soldier or a former soldier will return or go back or is called back into active military service before being deployed for combats.

　　Or we will say after a soldier gets out of the military, the military can mobilize and call him back into active duty or active service

　　最后一點(diǎn)，active duty，那么，什么是active duty呢?What is active duty?

　　我們?cè)賮?lái)練習(xí)練習(xí)口語(yǔ)表達(dá)吧，不要來(lái)來(lái)回回就只知道說(shuō)一個(gè)英語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)：recall into active duty.

　　Well when we say a soldier is on active duty, that means you will serve 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the military. It is just like working a full-time job. You work 8 hours a day, and five days a week.

　　記住，這里用serve一詞，叫做to serve 24 hours a day

　　好了，具備了這些“語(yǔ)料談資”，有了“英語(yǔ)體驗(yàn)在先”，下次當(dāng)“召回”這個(gè)話題再次出現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，你至少可以說(shuō)：這個(gè)話題或表達(dá)我曾經(jīng)有過(guò)大量的英語(yǔ)體驗(yàn)(在那種語(yǔ)言環(huán)境中體驗(yàn)過(guò))，而不是簡(jiǎn)簡(jiǎn)單單地從中文體驗(yàn)角度學(xué)過(guò)recall into active duty這個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞。

　　最后，至于中國(guó)前軍人那句具有中國(guó)特色的鏗鏘有力的“若有戰(zhàn)，召必回”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)呢?我想我會(huì)這么大概的去表達(dá)：

　　I will definitely show up at a recall.

　　當(dāng)然，這只是對(duì)“志愿兵”而言，如果是未盡完“服役義務(wù)”的“義務(wù)兵”，就別跟著喊了：你是必須“回”的!

　　【(公眾號(hào)：忐忑英語(yǔ))】

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