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CHAPTER FIVE Military of the United States Famous Quotation My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. —John Kennedy , American President New Words evolve: v. to develop gradually（使）逐渐形成，逐步发展，逐渐演变 — No one can process and evolve for another. 没有人能为别人推移和进化。 frontiersmen: n. a man who lives on the frontier 边远居民 — In fact, to hear the new president speak, the frontiersman’s version of the American Dream was borderline malevolent. 事实上，听总统任职演讲，边境人对于美国梦的诠释有恶意性。 New Words tactician: n. a person who is very clever at planning the best way to achieve something 有策略的人；手段高明的人 — He is very shrewd, a good tactician and it will be nice to talk to him. 他非常的精明，是睿智的战术家，与他交谈一定会非常的痛快。 confederate: adj. belonging to a confederacy 联盟的；同盟的；联邦的 — The country tried to confederate with other countries for mutual safety. 这个国家为了共同安全，曾试图与别的国家结盟。 New Words from scratch: without any previous preparation or knowledge 从头开始；从零开始 — Only the past achievements, we should all start from scratch, so that new life can be beyond the realm. 成绩只是过去，要一切从零开始，那样才能跨越人生新的境界。 trench: n. a long deep hole dug in the ground in which soldiers can be protected from enemy attacks 战壕；堑壕壕沟 — World War I was characterized by trench warfare. 第一次世界大战的主要特征是战壕式地面战。 New Words aerial: n. a piece of equipment made of wire or metal rods for receiving or sending radio and television signals 天线 — On the receiving instrument he also used an elevated aerial and earth. 在接收装置上，他也采用了高架天线和接地装置。 Axis nation: 一战中的轴心国家 New Words genocide: n. the murder of a whole race or group of people 种族灭绝；大屠杀 — The genocide of the Holocaust made many doubt tenets of European modernity. 大屠杀的种族灭绝，使很多人怀疑欧洲现代性的原则。 proxy: n. the authority that y