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Unit 1 攻势已经持续了三天，但是我们并没有取得多少进展。 The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground. 我们在前线与敌人交战的部队遇到了强力的抵抗。 Our troops engaging the enemy at the front were faced with strong /fierce /stiff resistance. 师长（division commander）命令我们营（battalion）绕到敌人后方发起突然袭击。The division commander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy and launch a surprise attack. 然而，要绕到敌人后方，我们必须越过一片沼泽地（marshland）。 我们很多人担心会陷入泥潭之中。 To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in the mud. 我们营长决定冒一下险。 Our battalion commander decided to take a gamble. 我们在夜幕掩护下出发，不顾困难，奋勇向前。 We started under cover of darkness and pressed on in spite of great difficulties. 幸运的是，夜间气温突然下降到摄氏零下20度，烂泥地都结上了冰。 By a stroke of luck, the temperature at night suddenly dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius and the marsh froze over. 由于这寒冷的天气，我们于天亮前到达并从敌人后方发起进攻。 Thanks to the cold weather, we arrived at our destination before dawn and began attacking the enemy from the rear. 这一下扭转了战局。敌人没有戒备，不久便投降了。 This turned the tide of battle. The enemy, caught off guard, soon surrendered. Unit 2 汽车在二十世纪改变了世界，尤其是在美国和其他工业国家。 Automobiles changed the world during the 20th century, particularly in the United States and other industrialized nations. 汽车确实对我们大有用处，但也带来了一些危害，比如声音污染、空气污染以及公路死亡事故。 They are indeed of great use to us, but they have brought some hazards as well, such as noise and air pollution, and highway fatalities. 据报导汽车事故被列为全世界导致死伤的主要原因之一。 It is reported that automobile accidents rank among the leading causes of death and injury throughout the world. 可庆幸的是，现代发明家们正在重新发明汽车。 Fortunately modern innovators are reinventing the automobile. 新的推进系统、燃料、设计以及制造汽车的手段在过去的十年中得到迅速发展。 New propulsion systems, fuels, designs, and means of manufacturing cars have all developed rapidly in the past decade. 例如，通过使用卫星辅助的全球定位系统，汽车里的计算机能给汽车精确定位； For example, by using the satellite-aided global positioning system (GPS), a computer in the automobile can locate the v