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[00:00.00]Situation 6:  Reading
场景6:  读书
[00:04.19](The following is the content of Kevin's reading from the U.S.History book.)
(下面是凯文读的美国历史书上的内容.)
[00:10.31]World War Two began in Europe.
第二次世界大战是从欧洲开始的.
[00:13.22]Europe is very far from the United States and so,
欧洲离美国很远,
[00:16.41]at first, the United States was not concerned.
开始时,美国没有参与.
[00:20.17]But the longer the war went on, the more the United States worried.
但是战争越久,美国就越担心.
[00:24.22]Even thught the United States itself was safe,
尽管美国自己很安全,
[00:27.41]many of its friends in Europe were in danger.
它欧洲的许多朋友处在危险中.
[00:30.58]Enland, in particular, was suffering from attacks by Nazi Germany.
特别是英国,正遭受德国海军的攻击.
[00:36.10]Still, this was not enough to get the United States to fight.
但是这仍然不足以让美国去大战.
[00:40.38]Some people from the United States even went to Canada to join the Canadian army and fight in Europe.
一些美国人甚至参加了加拿大的军队去欧洲打仗.
[00:46.40]World War Two was a true world war because it was fought in both Europe and Asia.
第二次世界大战是一次真正的战争,那是因为它发生在欧洲和亚洲之间.
[00:52.31]In Asia, the Japanese were as bad as the Germans in Europe.
在亚洲,日本像欧洲的德国一样坏.
[00:57.34]Finally, in 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
最后,在1941年,日本炸掉了美国夏威夷珍珠港的海军.
[01:04.18]Only then did the United States join the fight in World War Two.
在那个时候美国才参加了第二次世界大战.
[01:09.13](Ms.O'Neal stops Kevin.)
(奥尼先生停止了凯文.)
[01:11.56]Kevin, what do you think of this reading?
凯文,你对这段有什么想法吗?
[01:16.08]It's very interesting.
很有趣.
[01:18.34]My grandfather told me he joined the army in 1943,
我祖父告诉我他是1943年参军的,
[01:22.58]so that is after Pearl Harbor.
那是珍珠港战役以后了.
[01:25.45]Very good. You see why history is important.
很好.你知道历史有多重要了吧.
[01:29.93]In history we learn not only about our country but also about our families and ourselves.
从历史中我们不仅可以学到有关我们国家的事,而且还有我们的家庭和我们自己.
[01:37.51]Yeah, when I think about it like that history is pretty fun after all.
是啊,那时我认为历史终究是非常有趣的.
[01:42.47]What do you mean “after all”?
“终究”是什么意思？
[01:46.26]Does that mean it was boring before?
意思是以前都很烦躁吗？
[01:49.58]No, that's not what I meant.
不，我不是那个意思。
[01:52.02]It's okay. You can be honest.
没有关系。你可以诚实一些。
[01:56.15]Honestly, it was a little boring.
老实说,是有点枯燥。