The Patriot《爱国者》（精讲之六）

影片对白

BURWELL: Where is he? I'll help you bury him.

MARTIN: I'll bury him.

BURWELL: My wife in Alexandria is with child. My first. I'll fight for that child. Benjamin, nothing will replace your sons. But if you come with us, you can justify their sacrifice.

MARTIN: Why? Why do men feel they can justify death? Is it arrogance or... I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me. And the cost is more than I can bear.

BURWELL: Benjamin, we have a chance. Greene and Dan Morgan are down for Virginia. If we win this next battle, victory in the war is within our grasp.

MARTIN: Go, then. Seek your victory. I'm small issue to it.

BURWELL: You're wrong Benjamin. You matter to your men and to others as well. Your victories and your losses are shared by more than you know. Stay with us. Stay the course.

MARTIN: I have run my course.

BURWELL: You men will be leaving with us. 

DELANCEY: Yes. Prepare the baggage.

BURWELL: Jean.

BURWELL: Tomorrow's battle can alter the course of the war. General Greene, what exactly is the task before us?

GREENE: Gentlemen, Cornwallis has us cornered. Not only does he outnumber us but nearly half of our force is militia. Unreliable, at best.

MARTIN: Excuse me, sir. I believe you underestimate our militia. All of you do.

GREENE: We've seen our militia lines break time and again. Kips Bay, Princeton.

MARTIN: But the British have seen that too. Corwallis' own letters bear out he has no respect for the militia now and so ever.

BURWELL: What are you suggesting, Ben?

MARTIN: I'm suggesting we use that.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. With child

这个片语可不要理解成“和孩子在一起”哦。事实上，with child 是“怀孕”的意思，例如：She's with child.

除了with child，怀孕还可以用 expecting 表示，千万不要把它理解成“期望”，我们来看个例子：My wife is expecting again. 需要注意的一点是，表示“怀孕”时，expecting 只用于进行时态。

2. Stay the course

意为“Hold or persevere to the end 坚持到底”，例如：No, he's not resigning; he's going to stay the course. 这个片语来源于赛马，最初指的一匹马坚持跑完整个比赛。

3. Time and again

这个片语也写作 time and time again，意思是“重复不断地，经常地”，例如：Time and time again I warned her to stop smoking.

类似意思的表达还有time after time，again and again。

4. Bear out

“证实，证明”的意思，例如：The results bear out what he predicted.

文化面面观

人物：Nathanael Greene & Daniel Morgan

1. Nathanael Greene

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 Andre. 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.

Daniel Morgan, by Charles Willson Peale, from life, c. 1794

2. Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan, 1735-1802, American Revolutionary general, was an excellent battlefield tactician and guerrilla fighter who distinguished himself in major Revolutionary War battles. He moved (1753) to Virginia and later served in the French and Indian Wars and several campaigns against Native Americans. In the Revolution, Morgan assumed command of the attack on Quebec (see Quebec campaign) after Benedict Arnold was wounded, but Morgan himself was captured. He was exchanged (1776) and took part in the Saratoga campaign, but dissatisfied with the congressional policy of promotions, he retired in 1779. He reentered the army in 1780 and joined the Carolina campaign. Serving under Nathanael Greene, he defeated the British at Cowpens (1781). After the war he helped to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion and served (1797-99) as a U.S. Congressman.

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1． 我太太又怀孕了。
2． 我告诉他很多次不要摔门了。
3． 他的话完全证实了我的猜测。

The Patriot《爱国者》（精讲之五）考考你 参考答案

1． 婚姻失败后，她对事业投入了全部精力。
She keeps herself fully occupied with her career after divorce.

2． 他会变成什么样呢？
What will become of him?

3． 他该退休、为年轻的教授让位了。
It's time he retired and made way for some younger professor.