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10th February 1915, Johnnie Marshall

Tue, 10 Feb 15

Not everyone at Collingwood Park is in favour of Marshalls manufacturing munitions¹. BBC Radio 4's epic² drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. With Paul Ready as Johnnie Marshall Written by Shaun McKenna and directed by the producer Lucy Collingwood.

1 munitions   

n.军火，弹药；v.供应…军需品

参考例句：

• The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
• He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。

2 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。