The Patriot《愛國者》（精講之六）
[ 2007-03-30 10:30 ]
影片對白 You matter to your men and
to others as well. Your victories and your losses are shared by more than you
know.
考考你 現(xiàn)學(xué)現(xiàn)賣
3. Time and again
這個片語也寫作 time and time again，意思是“重復(fù)不斷地，經(jīng)常地”，例如：Time and time again I warned
her to stop smoking.
類似意思的表達(dá)還有time after time，again and again。
4. Bear out
“證實，證明”的意思，例如：The results bear out what he predicted.
文化面面觀
人物：Nathanael Greene & Daniel
Morgan
1. Nathanael Greene
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Charles Willson Peale painted a
portrait of General Greene from life in 1783, which was then copied
several times by C.W. Peale and his son, Rembrandt
Peale. | American Revolutionary War general
Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) was considered "the greatest military genius of the
war." His chief contribution to the American victory lay in his brilliant
southern campaign.
An iron founder, he became active in colonial politics and served (1770-72,
1775) in the Rhode Island assembly. At the beginning of the American Revolution
he commanded a detachment of militia at the siege of Boston and was in charge of
the city after the British evacuation (1776). Greene helped plan the defense of
New York (1776), but illness kept him from the battle of Long Island. He was
with Washington (1776-77) at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge.
In Feb., 1778, he became quartermaster general while still holding his field
command; he reorganized the department, found supplies for the army, and
rendered fine service in this capacity. His notable ability at organization also
appeared in his fieldwork. He fought (1778) at Monmouth and in the Rhode Island
campaign and was president (1780) of the court-martial board that sentenced
Major John André. After Gates was defeated at Camden (1780), Greene became the
commander in the Carolina campaign. He reorganized the Southern army, and he and
his lieutenants (notably Daniel Morgan and Henry Lee), with aid of partisan
bands under Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens, turned the tide
in Carolina. Greene's forces were defeated at Guilford Courthouse, Hobkirks
Hill, and Eutaw Springs, but each time the British victory was reversed, and he
pushed south to surround Charleston until the British evacuated it (1782). The
campaign is generally considered an example of excellent strategy, and Greene's
generalship is much admired. To get supplies for the Continental Army, Greene
often had been forced to endorse personal notes. After the war the dishonesty of
a contractor forced him to sell his estates to honor those pledges. The people
of Georgia, however, gave him a plantation.
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