文化面面觀    在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上,德軍不擇手段，在英法軍結(jié)合部放置6000個(gè)毒氣罐，借助西北風(fēng)向英軍陣地施放大量氯氣，英軍1.5萬(wàn)人中毒，其中約5000人死亡。這是德軍第一次在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上使用毒氣。

思想火花    理想主義者的Samuel在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上開(kāi)始認(rèn)識(shí)到戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的殘酷和自己的天真幼稚。但是上帝并不會(huì)給所有認(rèn)識(shí)到錯(cuò)誤的人救贖機(jī)會(huì)。他們得為自己的錯(cuò)誤和天真付出代價(jià)。

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Samuel: Tristan, get back to your unit.

Tristan: Those boys are boring. I'd rather have you watching my back.

Man: Go, mate .

Samuel: February 3rd, 1915. Dear Susannah. The horror of this place is indescribable. Nothing is as I thought it would be. Tonight as I prayed for the souls of those who died so terribly yet so bravely, I admit that I also prayed for personal glory. Is that wrong to want to distinguish myself gloriously in combat as my father did? Tristan and Alfred watch over me so carefully that I may never get the opportunity.

Man: Charge !

Tristan: God damn it! Are you hit?

Samuel: It's just a scratch. 

Samuel: Susannah, I see now not that my father was right but that I was naive.

Samuel: Let me get up! Damn it!

Tristan: Stay down!

Man: Fall back!

Samuel: Still, we place our bodies in God's keeping. We go into battle honorably. Full of confidence, with His name on our lips.

Man1: We're pinned here.

Man2: We'll wait.

Man3: Give him a hand.

Man4: Help him down.

Samuel: Susannah, I try to guard against despair , but there are moments when it seems all human decency is broken done. Alfred will recover from his wounds. But he and Tristan seem to have drifted apart, or worse. And I cannot understand it. I miss you more than you can imagine. You're all that's clean and cool and pure. I close my eyes and fix my thoughts on you. I now regret that we listened to everyone and agreed to wait to marry. Even more, I regret that I left before we could be together as we planned to be, my love. Please stay on at the ranch and wait for me. Don't let Father worry. I know God's mercy will protect me, aided considerably by Tristan, who seems to come to France less to fight the Germans than to act as my nursemaid. Be well, my love. Your own, Samuel.

妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用

1. Mate

這是一個(gè)男人之間常用的詞，意思是“哥兒們，老兄，伙計(jì)”。比如：Sorry mate, you have to wait. 對(duì)不起，伙計(jì)，你得等著。

2. Distinguish oneself

“使出名/杰出”的意思。Samuel 這句話的意思是：我想像我父親那樣在戰(zhàn)斗中建功立業(yè)，難道錯(cuò)了嗎？

3. Are you hit?

“Are you hit by bullet?”的簡(jiǎn)略說(shuō)法。

4. Scratch

“擦傷”的意思。

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