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　　中英文本

　　Marching in formation

　　队形训练

　　Marching men in a line stood for discipline! It also helped them stay in shape! When Major Wills ordered the practice to stop,

　　列队训练象征着守纪律!它还可以使人保持身体健康!当威尔斯少校命令停止训练时，

　　the officers refused. They said that they would stand on ceremony and continue the tradition!

　　军官们都不乐意。他们说他们愿意遵照惯例、继承传统!

　　Major Wills smiled and told the officers to stay behind after the meal. Alone in his quarters Major Wills said that no modem war would ever need men to stand in line!

　　威尔斯少校笑了，他叫军官们吃完饭后留下来。等单独在他的营房时, 威尔斯少校说现代战争都不需要士兵排队!

　　Smaller units would instead act with stealth. Standing in formation was a thing of the past!

　　小分队反而更能神出鬼没。队形训练已经过时了!

　　Then the officers began to stand up for their opinion. They said that marching in formation was a tradition that had stood the test of time that should stay put!

　　接着军官们开始维护自己的观点，说队列训练经受住了时间的考验，这个传统应该保留下来!

　　It was an excellent way to stay on top of troop progress. It was difficult to start out with, they agreed, but once the men learned the complicated drills,

　　它是一种完全控制部队进展情况的最佳办法。他们承认开始时很难，可是一旦士兵们掌握了那些复杂的技能，

　　nothing would stand in their way to learn even more difficult tasks. It would also be disrespectful to the past to throw that tradition away and start something!

　　任何事情都不能阻挡他们完成更加艰巨的任务。再说丢掉传统、惹事生非就是不尊重历史。

　　Major Wills thought about this. Then the phone rang and the major picked up the receiver.

　　威尔斯少校想了想他们说的话。这时电话响了，少校拿起了听筒。

　　“Stay on the line, general!” the major said. Then he looked at the officers and said, “The general is coming by and he's having walking problems.

　　“别挂电话,将军!”少校说。然后他看着军官们说将军马上要过来了，他行走不太方便，

　　He can hardly stand on his own feet. If we have him do an inspection, he will stay off his feet! And that will go against the doctor's orders!”

　　几乎不能站立。如果我们让他检査，他会站立不住的!而且这可是违抗医生的命令!”

　　Then the officers agreed. They also agreed to stay away from the general when he visited so that the general wouldn't ask why there no formations.

　　这时军官们同意了。他们还同意将军来访时离开那里，这样将军就不会问为什么没有队形训练了。

　　They would all rather see the general get better than cause him more injury!

　　他们都愿意看到将军好起来，而不是让他受到更多的伤害!重点讲解1.stand for 起立以示对……的尊敬;代表，象征;主张，支持;接受，容忍

　　例句：An election would not solve these problems, but it might at least encourage parties to tell voters what they stand for.

　　一个选举无法解决这些问题，但它至少能鼓励政党向选民大声说出自己的立场。

　　2.stand in line 排队

　　例句："People had to stand in line for four or five hours to get the money from the bank, and you could often see people quarreling," he said.

　　人们不得不排四五个小时的队才能取到钱，争吵情况时有发生。

　　3.stand in the/sb.'s way 挡道，妨碍

　　例句：Existing shareholders will no doubt resist dilution, but they must not be allowed to stand in the way of a solution.

　　现有股东无疑会反对股权稀释，但银行不能让他们阻碍问题的解决。

　　4.stand on ceremony 讲究礼节，拘礼

　　例句：No worries. We don't stand on ceremony. As a matter of fact, what you are wearing is smart enough.

　　你不用担心。我们很随便。事实上，你现在身上穿的就够漂亮的了。

　　5.stand on one's own feet 独立自主，自立

　　例句：It may merely be a case of removing rough edges or tossing away molding to expose irregularities, in some cases to remove a prop and stand on one's own feet.

　　这也许仅仅是抹去粗糙的边缘或丢弃固有的模式，从而显露出不平整，有时则需要拿走支撑物，完全靠自己站立。

　　6.stand the test of time 经得起时间的考验

　　例句：We all know that true friendships stand the test of time.

　　我们都知道，真正的友谊是经受得住时间考验的。

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