Who Was Anne Frank 安妮·弗兰克 Chapter 3 Another World War

After Hitler invaded¹ Poland in September of 1939, England and France declared war. This was the start of World War II. Italy sided with Germany. For the time being, the United States—an ocean away—stayed out of the conflict.
As for the little country of the Netherlands, it remained neutral². That meant it did not take sides. The Dutch hoped that this would keep Hitler’s army away.
At night over coffee and cake, the Franks³ and other Jewish⁴ families in Amsterdam talked about the war. Their dream was that Hitler would be defeated. Then they could all return to Germany. On the radio, they listened to the latest news. But they never discussed their fears about the future in front of the children.
The Franks went about their daily lives. They took family trips. One summer vacation was spent at a seaside town in Belgium. One spring they toured the canals of the Netherlands in a houseboat.
The first months of 1940 were bitterly cold. Anne did not mind. The canals remained frozen⁵ for much longer than usual. She and her friends spent many hours ice-skating. She was ten and a half now and longed for real figure skates. That way she could do jumps and other tricks on the ice. All she had were Margot’s old skates. They were just blades⁶ that attached to Anne’s shoes with a key.
Her parents had no time to think about ice skates. They were worried about an attack on the Netherlands. There were many warnings about the Germans invading⁷. But time and again, the warnings proved to be false alarms.
Late that spring the weather turned warm and sunny. And suddenly everyone’s worst fear came true. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded. Hitler had only been waiting for warmer weather to send in his planes. The morning of the attack, bombs dropped from the sky. Amsterdam shook as if there had been an earthquake.
Two days later more bombs fell on Amsterdam. The airport was on fire. So was the harbor⁸. But Amsterdam was lucky. Another city, Rotterdam, had been destroyed. Thousands of people died.
The queen of the Netherlands managed to escape to England. That was where she remained until the war was over. She stayed in touch with her people through radio broadcasts. The queen told everyone to stay calm. But there was no telephone service. There were no buses or trains running. People began to panic. Scared of running out of food, they bought out grocery stores. Soon shelves were empty. Air-raid alarms warning of more bombs sounded throughout the day. The people of the Netherlands were prisoners in their own country.
Some Jews in the Netherlands tried to leave the country by ferry. But very few people got out.
The Franks did not even try to escape. They had no car. And Anne’s grandmother was old and very sick. She could not travel.
Anne’s parents had fled to Amsterdam to escape the Germans. But now the Germans had come to Amsterdam. There was no place for Anne’s family to run. The only other choice was to hide.
RESISTANCE⁹
BANDS OF JEWISH FIGHTERS DID WHAT THEY COULD TO STOP THE NAZIS¹⁰. THESE UNDERGROUND FIGHTERS WERE CALLED RESISTANCE FIGHTERS. OFTEN THEY WERE HELPED BY NON-JEWS.
THE MOST FAMOUS UPRISING WAS In WARSAW, POLAND. DURING WORLD WAR II, JEWISH PEOPLE In MANY CITIES WERE FORCED TO LIVE IN SEPARATE nEIGHBORHOODS CALLED GHETTOS. THE LARGEST GHETTO¹¹ WAS In WARSAW.
BY 1943, THE JEWS In THE WARSAW GHETTO REALIZED THAT BEING SENT TO A CONCENTRATION¹² CAMP WAS A DEATH SENTENCE. THEY ALSO KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO HOPE OF DEFEATING THE NAZIS. THEY HAD HARDLY ANY WEAPONS, AND THEY WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THE GHETTO. YET THEY CHOSE TO FIGHT ANYWAY. AND THEY MANAGED TO HOLD OUT AGAINST THE ENEMY FOR ALMOST A MONTH. OF THE SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING THERE, SEVEN THOUSAND DIED In THE UPRISING. OF THOSE WHO REMAINED, FIFTY THOUSAND WERE CAPTURED¹³ AND SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
TODAY THERE ARE MEMORIALS TO THE HEROES OF THE WARSAW GHETTO In CITIES ALL OVER EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.
 

1 invaded   

v.侵入，侵略( invade的过去式和过去分词 )；涌入；侵袭；侵犯

参考例句：

• Troops invaded on August 9th that year. 军队是在那年的8月9日入侵的。
• The diseased tissue can be easily invaded by these microorganisms. 有病的组织容易被微生物侵袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 neutral   

adj.中立的，不偏不倚的；中性的

参考例句：

• Behaviour is never culturally neutral.人的行为从来都受文化的影响。
• They have maintained a consistently neutral stance.他们一直持中立态度。

3 franks   

n.坦白的，直率的( frank的名词复数 )；（在信件上）盖邮资已付印记，盖免付邮资印记v.（在信件上）盖邮资已付印记，盖免付邮资印记( frank的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The Franks were originally a loose confederation of Germanic tribes. 法兰克人原来是日尔曼部落的一个松散部落。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some move to less pedestrian-friendly areas because of concerns about crime or schools, Franks said. 一些人搬往不利于步行的区域居住是因为犯罪或者学校原因，Franks说。 来自互联网

4 Jewish   

adj.犹太人的，犹太民族的

参考例句：

• The coin bears a Jewish symbol.硬币上有犹太标记。
• They were two Jewish kids;I was friendly with both of them.他们是两个犹太小孩；我同他们都很要好。

5 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

6 blades   

n.刀口( blade的名词复数 )；（机器上旋转的）叶片；桨叶；（船桨的）桨叶

参考例句：

• the blades of a propeller 螺旋桨叶
• Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate. 直升机的螺旋桨开始转动时，尽量离远点儿。

7 invading   

v.侵入，侵略( invade的现在分词 )；涌入；侵袭；侵犯

参考例句：

• The invading troops were guilty of rape and pillage. 侵略军犯了抢劫和强奸的罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The invading army desecrated this holy place when they camped here. 侵略军在这块圣地上扎营就是对这块圣地的亵渎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 harbor   

n.海港，港口；vt.庇护，藏匿；心怀(怨恨等)

参考例句：

• The harbor lies to the south of the city.港口在城市的南边。
• At that time,our ship was tied up at this harbor.当时我们的船停靠在这个港口。

9 resistance   

n.抵抗力，反抗，反抗行动；阻力，电阻；反对；adj.抵抗的

参考例句：

• Very little resistance was put up by the enemy.敌人没怎么进行抵抗。
• An aircraft has to overcome the resistance of the air.飞机须克服空气的阻力。

10 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 ghetto   

n.少数民族聚居区，贫民区

参考例句：

• Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
• I saw that achievement as a possible pattern for the entire ghetto.我把获得的成就看作整个黑人区可以仿效的榜样。

12 concentration   

n.集中；专注；浓度；浓缩

参考例句：

• She wrinkled her brows in concentration.她蹙额皱眉，陷入沉思。
• If smoke is going that way,then it means the concentration here should be decreasing.如果烟雾沿着这个方向飘，这意味着，这里的浓度应该是减少的。

13 captured   

俘获( capture的过去式和过去分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers. 盟军俘虏了300多名敌方士兵。
• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。