英伦广角 2010-08-22 日本战败65周年祭奠

The numbers nowadays are small, but their sacrifice remains¹ enormous.
Veterans of the bitter war in the Far East came to the Cenotaph to remember. Sixty-five years after Japan's surrender to the mighty² of the atomic bomb. The nation, too, paid its respects.
"When you go home, tell them of us, and say：for your tomorrow, we gave our today.""They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn³. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."The war with Japan costed thirty thousand British and Commonwealth⁴ lives. A further twelve and a half thousand men died in prisoner of war camps from beatings, disease and starvation.
Now aged⁵ 91, Alf Locar was a prisoner for three years. "Japanese has a nature of ... If they told you do some and I wasn't speaking Japanese. They didn’t know what I was saying, so they used the tip of a stick to try and ban docs and sentence you."The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall also attended today's ceremony, David Cameron laying a wreath on behalf of the governments.Also there was Frank Thake, he served a border hospital ship, treating liberated⁶ prisoners of war, many barely alive.
"With four grown men, you will pick up and demolish⁷, one man, really. Some of them are disgusting. It was just horrible to watch and come near. When we first met, we brought a first ah'o port on them in Malaysia. That was the worst scene I've never seen here.''With many veterans now in their nineties, the numbers able to attend commemorations like these are slowly dwindling⁸. But while their memories may have faded slightly with age, their pride in their part in the so-called "forgotten war" remains as strong as ever.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

3 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

4 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

6 liberated   

a.无拘束的，放纵的

参考例句：

• The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
• The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。

7 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

8 dwindling   

adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句