二战启示录 第48期:大屠杀的源起(12)

 　　But they decided¹ that this process is too slow,

　　但他们觉得这么做速度太慢，

　　so they order long common graves to be dug and make that victims lie down on top of the last group of dead bodies.

　　他们于是命犹太人挖掘长形合葬墓。然后命受害者躺在上一批死尸上。

　　But even this procedure takes too long.

　　但这做法也很耗时间。

　　The SS prepare a ravine known as "Babi Yar" near Kiev.

　　党卫军在基辅附近的娘子谷准备进行大屠杀。

　　33,771 Jews will be executed in two days, men, women and children.

　　有33771个犹太人在两天之内遭处决，其中包括男人，女人和孩童。

　　This premeditated cold bloody² massacre³ of million Jews will come to be known as the "The Holocaust⁴ by bullets".

　　这场害死一百万名犹太人的冷血预谋大屠杀后被称为“子弹大屠杀”。

　　But Himmler is not pleased.

　　但希姆莱并不满意。

　　He has attended one of einsatz grupens, so called "actionz",

　　他曾参与特别行动队所谓的“行动”，

　　noticing the psychological burdens that these mass killing⁵ have on his soldiers.

　　注意到这些大屠杀对他的士兵造成心理负担。

　　He begins searching for alternative methods.

　　他开始寻找其他替代的方法。

　　This will lead to the use of the gas vans with the exhaust pipes hooked up to the rear compartments⁶ and a year later, the gas chambers⁷.

　　这导致德军使用毒气厢型车，即将排气管接到后座的厢型车，一年后，德军开始使用毒气室。

　　In the north, the long siege of Leningrad begins.

　　在北方德军开始长期包围列宁格勒。

　　The Germans have their plan.

　　德军已拟定计划。

　　Instead of fighting in the streets, we'll let our artillery⁸ and starvation do the job.

　　我们不进行街头战，我们将利用大炮和饥饿攻城。

　　City buildings are destroyed.

　　城市建筑遭摧毁。

　　A zoo elephant is the victim of an air raid.

　　动物园有头大象在空袭中死亡。

　　Food rations⁹ soon fall below the minimum necessary, but the worst is to come with the arrival of winter.

　　食物配给量很快就低于最低需求量，但情况还会更糟，因为冬天快到了。

　　In the south, Guderian finally receive the order from Hitler to rejoin the other armies up north and proceed towards Moscow.

　　在南方，古德里安终于收到希特勒的命令，要他北上与其他军队会合，然后朝莫斯科推进。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 compartments   

n.间隔( compartment的名词复数 )；（列车车厢的）隔间；（家具或设备等的）分隔间；隔层

参考例句：

• Your pencil box has several compartments. 你的铅笔盒有好几个格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The first-class compartments are in front. 头等车室在前头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

8 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

9 rations   

定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量

参考例句：

• They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
• The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。