美国地名——宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡
📖 逐句对照翻译
The Gettysburg National Military Park is in the small town of Gettysburg in the eastern state of Pennsylvania.
葛底斯堡国家军事公园位于宾夕法尼亚州东部的小镇葛底斯堡。
Much of the area around Gettysburg still looks like it did in the 1860s, during the American Civil War.
葛底斯堡周围的大部分地区仍然保持着19世纪60年代美国内战时期的样子。
The town is in the middle of good farmland.
这个小镇位于肥沃农田的中央。
Roads pass through Gettysburg that lead to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and other eastern cities.
道路穿过葛底斯堡，通往巴尔的摩、华盛顿特区以及其他东部城市。
It is hard to believe that two huge armies fought there.
很难相信两支庞大的军队曾在那里交战。
One fighting force was the United States Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George Meade.
其中一支作战部队是由乔治·米德将军指挥的美国波托马克军团。
The other was the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee.
另一支是由罗伯特·E·李将军率领的北弗吉尼亚邦联军队。
Lee’s troops had moved north into Pennsylvania from Virginia.
李的部队已从弗吉尼亚向北进入宾夕法尼亚。
Lee believed that a Southern win of a battle on Northern land would force a negotiated settlement of the Civil War and mean independence for the Confederate States.
李相信，南方在北方领土上赢得一场战役将迫使南北战争通过谈判解决，并意味着邦联各州将获得独立。
The battle of Gettysburg began on July 1, 1863.
葛底斯堡战役于1863年7月1日开始。
About 170,000 soldiers fought for three days.
大约17万名士兵战斗了三天。
When it ended on July 3, more than 50,000 soldiers were dead, wounded or missing.
当7月3日结束时，超过5万名士兵死亡、受伤或失踪。
Lee’s army lost the battle.
李的军队战败了。
Many visitors start their visit to Gettysburg at the Gettysburg Museum of the Civil War.
许多游客从葛底斯堡内战博物馆开始他们的葛底斯堡之旅。
The museum has a large collection of Civil War objects.
博物馆收藏了大量内战时期的物品。
The museum has more than 1 million artifacts, from soldiers’ private notebooks and clothing to maps of the battlefield.
博物馆拥有超过100万件文物，从士兵的私人笔记本和衣物到战场地图，应有尽有。
The museum also houses the Gettysburg cyclorama painting.
博物馆还收藏有葛底斯堡全景画。
This kind of artwork completely surrounds the people looking at it.
这种艺术品将观赏者完全包围其中。
The painting shows the artist’s vision of the final major attack of the battle on July 3, 1863.
这幅画展现了艺术家对1863年7月3日战役中最后一次大规模进攻的想象。
Over time, it has come to be called Pickett's Charge.
随着时间的推移，它被称为皮克特冲锋。
George Pickett was one of several Confederate commanders ordered to make the charge.
乔治·皮克特是奉命发起冲锋的几位邦联指挥官之一。
The Confederate soldiers reached a point close to the northern lines and headquarters.
邦联士兵抵达了靠近北方防线和总部的位置。
Today, the point is called the “High Water Mark.”
今天，这个地点被称为“高水位标记”。
Northern forces then turned the Confederates back.
北方军队随后击退了邦联军队。
The charge failed.
收费失败。
Southern forces would never again reach so far north.
南方军队再也无法向北推进到如此远的地方。
Soon after the battle, people began to visit Gettysburg to try to understand what happened there.
战役结束后不久，人们开始探访葛底斯堡，试图了解那里发生了什么。
One of those visitors, on November 19, 1863, was President Abraham Lincoln.
1863年11月19日，其中的一位访客是亚伯拉罕·林肯总统。
He was invited to help dedicate a burial ground for Union soldiers killed in the battle.
他受邀协助为在战斗中阵亡的联邦士兵墓地举行落成仪式。
Lincoln spoke for just two minutes.
林肯只讲了两分钟。
But his speech, known as “The Gettysburg Address,” is one of the most famous pieces of American oratory.
但他的演讲，即著名的“葛底斯堡演说”，是美国最著名的演讲之一。
I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.
我是小马里奥·里特。
Nancy Steinbach and Ashley Thompson with additional material from the National Park Service for VOA Learning English.
南希·斯坦巴赫和阿什利·汤普森根据国家公园管理局为VOA慢速英语提供的附加材料编写。
Mario Ritter, Jr. adapted it for the VOA Learning English podcast.
小马里奥·里特为美国之音英语学习播客改编了此文。
