二战启示录 第28期:法兰西的溃败(9)

 　　The Nazi's emblem¹, the Swastika, flies over Paris.

　　纳粹的象征——万字旗在巴黎飘扬。

　　One of the first act of German occupier is to seize all the records of the abandoned ministries², list of spies,

　　德国占领者的首要行动之一，就是查扣流亡政府留下的记录，间谍、犹太人和美生会会员的名单，

　　of jews, of freemasons and even their original copy of the treaty of Versailles that so humiliated³ Germany in 1919.

　　甚而凡尔赛条约的原稿。那是德国在1919年的耻辱。

　　It is immediately sent off to Hitler.

　　这立即被送去给希特勒。

　　The Exodus⁴ has come to a hold. The bridges over Loire are blown.

　　大流亡戛然而止。通往罗亚尔的桥梁被炸毁。

　　The only hope now is the fighting stops.

　　此刻唯一的希望就是战争停止。

　　Petain in Bordeaux also wants to put an end of things.

　　在波尔多的贝当元帅也想要做个了结。

　　The Germans continue their relentless⁵ advance southward.

　　德军继续往南无情地推进着。

　　二战启示录 法兰西

　　Though once considered a formidable force, the French army is now a shambles⁶.

　　尽管一度被认为是军力强大，法军此刻是残破不堪。

　　And yet this put up a better fight than was thought, especially at a time.

　　然而其已经比想象中的更为奋勇抗战，尤其是从当时的情况来看。

　　In one month, one hundred thousand French soldiers die,

　　在1个月内10万法国官兵丧生，

　　more than in the same period of time during the World War I, the deadliest of wars until then.

　　多过一次大战时相同时间内的死亡人数，在此之前那是伤亡最惨重的。

　　One million eight hundred and fifty thousand soldiers are taken prisoner along with thirty-six thousand officers and a hundred and seventy-six generals.

　　185万士兵被俘，连同3万6千名军官以及176名将军。

　　Among the prisoners, there are many African soldiers from the French colonial troops.

　　在战俘之中，有许多来自法国殖民地部队的非洲兵。

　　The Wehrmacht's amateur film makers⁷ film them with a perverse⁸ sense of self-satisfaction.

　　为了不正当的自我满足感，德国国防军的业余电影人拍摄了他们。

　　Famished⁹, these soldiers kill a goat.

　　这些士兵极度的饥饿。他们杀了一头山羊。

1 emblem   

n.象征，标志；徽章

参考例句：

• Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
• The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。

2 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

3 humiliated   

感到羞愧的

参考例句：

• Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当，父母也失体面。
• He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。

4 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

5 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

6 shambles   

n.混乱之处；废墟

参考例句：

• My room is a shambles.我房间里乱七八糟。
• The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。

7 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 perverse   

adj.刚愎的；坚持错误的，行为反常的

参考例句：

• It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend.阻止这种健康发展的趋势是没有道理的。
• She gets a perverse satisfaction from making other people embarrassed.她有一种不正常的心态，以使别人难堪来取乐。

9 famished   

adj.饥饿的

参考例句：

• When's lunch?I'm famished!什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！
• My feet are now killing me and I'm absolutely famished.我的脚现在筋疲力尽，我绝对是极饿了。