《全新版大学英语第2版综合教程》Unit1TextB课文及译文.pdfVIP

全新版大学英语综合教程第四册 Unit 1 Text B Would nature be on the side of the Allied forces as they prepared to invade mainland Europe or would it favour the Germans? No one was certain. 大自然会站在秣马厉兵准备进攻欧洲大陆的同盟国一方，还是会偏袒德国人？ 谁也说不准。 The Normandy Landings 诺曼底登陆 1. The largest and most ambitiousmilitary expedition in history was the invasion of Normandy in northern France by British, American and Canadian forces that took place in the summer of 1944.Even nature played a role. 2. It took more than a year for military planners toorchestrate every movement of troops, artillery, ships and aircraft and to set everything in place for the move that wasto open up a second front in Europe. This would liberate France and way for the final assault on Germany itself. 历史上最大最具野心的军事远征是 1944 年夏天英国、 美国和加拿大军队在法国 北部发动的 诺曼底入侵 。甚至自然也发挥了作用。 军事侵略家 精心安排军队、 大 炮、船舰和飞机的每一步运作 ，将进军的一切准备就绪去 打开在欧洲的第二战线 ， 这种准备花了一年多的时间。这将解放法国并且 为对德国的最后攻击开路 。 3. Everything was controlled; right down to the placement of military decoys across the English Channel to fool the Germans into thinking the attack would come from Britains closest point to France at Pas de Calais rather than in Normandy as planned. 4. Everything was controlled, that is, except the weather. 一切尽在掌控之中。军事诱饵 的布置也准备好横穿英吉利海峡以欺骗德国人， 使 他们误以为攻击会从英国距法国最近的那个位置即加莱海峡而不是按照计划在 诺曼底登陆。除了天气，一切尽在掌握之中。 5. D-day, the code name given to the day of invasion, was originally scheduled for 5 June 1944. This date had been arrived at by considering two factors--moonlight and tide. The hour of the invasion would need to be near sunrise, whenthe seaborne troops would have a rising tide. This would enable them to land close to the obstacles that had been placed to hinder their landing without coming ashore