Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.ppt

Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the
Part 1(page 79)
regime: a type or form of government, often derog.  政治制度, 政权, 政体
a revolutionary regime
indistinguishable ( adj. ) : that cannot be distinguished as being different or separate难区分的
△ be distinguishable from: 与…截然不同
devoid of: (fml) lacking in, complete without, empty of .
The house is totally devoid of furniture.
He plete devoid of humour / human feelings.
appetite: a desire or wish, esp. for food, a desire to satisfy any bodily longing欲望食欲
Here: strong desire to conquer
racial domination: 种族统治
翻译:除了贪欲和种族统治外,它没有任何指导思想和行动准则。
excel: surpass, be superior to, outdo, (having the same root of excellent, from Latin) 胜过,超过
He excels in music and art / courage / at football / as a orator.
He excels all his classmates in intelligence.
Here: excel是反语,表明纳粹的行为比人类历史上的一切卑鄙行为更恶劣。
opponent: person who takes the opposite side, esp, in playing or fighting 对手,反对者
【课文】But all this fades away before the spectacle which is now unfolding.
【翻译】但现在展现在我们面前的景象已经将那一切冲得烟消云散了。
fade away: disappear
正常语序:But all the spectacle which is now unfolding before us, is fades away.
The past, with its crimes, its follies, and its tragedies, flashes away.
排比句的作用排比句读起来感到琅琅上口,有一股强大的力量,能增强文章的表达效果。运用排比说理,可将道理说得充分透彻。
parallelism
I see the Russian soldiers standing … I see them guarding their homes… I see the ten thousand villages of Russ