新西兰英语 137 ANZAC Day

　　Tomorrow is ANZAC Day, a day when New Zealanders and Australians remember soldiers who died in Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. See April 25th 2008 . 1915 was during the First World War. ANZAC Day, however, is a day to remember all New Zealand soldiers who lost their lives in war. Gallipoli was especially tragic¹ for New Zealand and Australia because they were small countries and so many soldiers were killed or injured². 8450 New Zealand men fought at Gallipoli, 2723 were killed and 4752 injured – that is 88% of those soldiers. About 8,000 Australian soldiers were killed and 19,000 injured. New Zealand sent 20% of all their young men to fight in World War I and more than 50% of those were killed or injured.
In spite³ of this terrible tragedy⁴, New Zealand also sent soldiers to fight in the Second World War. Nearly 12,000 New Zealand men died in that war. New Zealand’s population was only 1.6 million at that time.
New Zealand soldiers now help with peace keeping in countries like East Timor or they help to re-build countries destroyed by war, like Afghanistan. These can be dangerous jobs and some soldiers have been killed.

1 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

2 injured   

adj.受伤的

参考例句：

• Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
• The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。

3 spite   

n.（用于短语）虽然，不顾，尽管

参考例句：

• He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高，但思想观念却很入时。
• In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气，说的话还是有节制的。

4 tragedy   

n.悲剧；惨事，惨案，灾难

参考例句：

• The news of the tragedy really knocked us out.关于这一惨案的消息确实使我们感到震惊。
• The play was a tragedy,but the acting was laughable.戏是悲剧，可是演得却令人发笑。