The Hardy Tin Soldier.docx

The Hardy Tin Soldier坚定的锡兵作业：What is the writer trying to tell us through this passage???Give me the answer in English. ????? There were once five and twenty tin soldiers; they were all brothers, for they had all been born of one old tin spoon. They shouldered their muskets, and looked straight before them: their uniform was red and blue, and very splendid. tin: 锡（一种金属）shoulder: 扛着musket: 火枪straight: 直地uniform：制服splendid：好看的The first thing they had heard in the world, when the lid was taken off their box, had been the words “Tin soldiers” !These words were uttered by a little boy, clapping his hands: the soldiers had been given to him, for it was his birthday; and now he put them upon the table. lid: 盖子utter：说出clap：拍掌Each soldier was exactly like the rest and only one of them was a little different, he had but one leg, for?he had been cast last of all, and there had not been enough?tin to finish him; but he stood as firmly upon his one leg as the others on their two; and it?was just this soldier who became remarkable.cast: 浇铸；铸造firmly：结识地；稳固地remarkable：出色的???? On the table on which they had been placed stood many other playthings, but the toy that attracted most attention was a neatcastle of cardboard. Through the little windows one could see straight into the hall. plaything: 玩物neat：极好的castle: 城堡cardboard：硬纸板Before the castle?some little trees were placed round a little looking-glass which was to represent a clear lake. Waxen swans swam?on this lake, and were mirrored in it. looking-glass：镜子represent：代表waxen：蜡制的mirror: 映现出This was all pretty; but the prettiest of all was a little lady, who stood at the open door of the castle: she was also cut out in paper, but she had a dress of the clearest gauze, and a little narrow blue ribbonover her shoulders, that looked like a?scarf; and in the middle of this ribbon was a shining tinsel rose as big as her whole face. gauze: 薄纱ribbon：丝带scarf：围巾tinsel: 金属箔The little lady stretched out both her arms, for she was a dancer; and