2015-11-18 History Channel:西恩宾回顾滑铁卢战役-10

These slow motion images are shocking.-It's showing quite clearly that the bone is disintegrating¹ on the impact. The limb would have to be removed. There was no bone left. -Terrifying really. You can see the bone flexing² as the bullet approaching.

-A little bit sick, really. I thought it was absolutely horrific.

-You don't want to hit by this. The power of a musket³ is terrifying in close range. But how easy was it for a soldier like Matthew Clan⁴ to hit his target? Who better to test its accuracy than a modern army sharpshooter? The Indian pack musket weighs almost exactly the same as a modern army combat rifle.

-So it adopted the kneeing position, just as you normally would. But the Waterloo weapon was notoriously unreliable. If the mechanism⁵ got wet, the gun might not fire at all, as Matthew Clan would later discover to its cost. -Good shoot! -That is actually in the right circus down to the right man.

-Yeah. Strong shoulder.

-You can hit the target. 

1 disintegrating   

v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• As a poetic version of a disintegrating world, this one pleased him. 作为世界崩溃论在文学上的表现，他非常喜欢这个学说。 来自辞典例句
• Soil animals increase the speed of litter breakdown by disintegrating tissue. 土壤动物通过分解组织，加速落叶层降解的速度。 来自辞典例句

2 flexing   

n.挠曲，可挠性v.屈曲( flex的现在分词 )；弯曲；（为准备大干而）显示实力；摩拳擦掌

参考例句：

• Flexing particular muscles allows snakes to move in several ways. 可弯曲的特殊的肌肉使蛇可以用几种方式移动。 来自电影对白
• China has become an economic superpower and is flexing its muscles. 中国已经成为了一个经济巨人而且在展示他的肌肉。 来自互联网

3 musket   

n.滑膛枪

参考例句：

• I hunted with a musket two years ago.两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。
• So some seconds passed,till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.又过了几秒钟，突然，乔伊斯端起枪来开了火。

4 clan   

n.氏族，部落，宗族，家族，宗派

参考例句：

• She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
• The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。

5 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。