【速求外研版英语选修6的D-daylandings第一篇的课文原文。只需原文即可,仅限今晚,回答后追分。可以是图片。】
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【速求外研版英语选修6的D-daylandings第一篇的课文原文。只需原文即可,仅限今晚,回答后追分。可以是图片。】
速求外研版英语选修6的D-daylandings第一篇的课文原文。
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TheD-DayLanding—Passage1
InSeptember1939,BritaindeclaredwaronGermanyafterGermanyinvadedPoland.Thewar,whichlasteduntil1945,isknownastheSecondWorldWar.Duringthewar,Germanyoccupiedmanycountries,includingFrance.ThemostimportantbattleofthewarinEuropewasOperationOverlord,themilitaryoperationin1944toinvadeFrance.
OperationOverlordstartedwhenboatsfullofsoldierslandedonthebeachesofNormandyinFrance,knownastheD-Daylandings.Morethan5,000shipscrossedtheEnglishChannel,carrying130,000troopstotheFrenchcoast.
TroopsfromtheUnitedStates,BritainandCanadatookpartintheD-Daylandings.Theoperationwasextremelydangerousandmanysoldierswerekilledbeforetheyevengotofftheboats.Americansoldiersattemptedtolandatthemostdangerousplace,knownasOmahaBeach.
ThesituationatOmahaBeachwassobadthattheUSarmycommandersthoughtaboutabandoningtheinvasion.Eventually,thesoldiersmadeabreakthroughandtheD-Daylandingsweresuccessful.ItwasthebeginningoftheendoftheSecondWorldWar.
OperationOverlordstartedasastoryofdangerandconfusionandendedasastoryofbraveryandactsofheroism.
TheD-DayLandings—Passage2
ThesoldiersofAbleCompanycrossedtheEnglishChannelinsevenboatsearlyonthemorningof6June1944.Whentheywereabout5kilometresfromthebeach,theGermansstartedfiringartilleryshellsatthembuttheboatsweretoofaraway.TheGermanscontinuedfiringandBoat5washitonekilometrefromthebeach.Sixmendrownedbeforehelparrived.Twentymenfellintothewaterandwerepickedupbyotherboats.Asaresult,theymissedthefightingonthebeach.Theywerelucky.Iftheyhadreachedthebeach,theywouldprobablyhavebeenkilled.
WhenBoat3wasafewmetresfromthebeach,thesoldiersjumpedout,butthewaterwassodeepthatsomeofthemdisappearedunderthewater.Manyofthemenwereeitherkilledorwoundedbymachinegunfire.
ThesoldiersonBoat1andBoat4jumpedintothewater,butitwastoodeepandmostofthemdrowned.Halfanhourafterthefirstattack,twothirdsofthecompany(acompanyisagroupofabout100soldiers)weredead.Thesurvivorslayonthebeach,exhaustedandshocked.
Afteranhourandforty-fiveminutes,sixofthesurvivorstriedtoclimbuptheclifftogetoffthebeach.Fourweretooexhaustedtoreachthetop.Theothertwo,PrivateJakeSheferandPrivateThomasLovejoy,joinedagroupfromanothercompanyandfoughtwiththem.Twomen.Tworifles.ThiswasAbleCompany'scontributiontoD-Day.
TheD-DayLandings—Passage3
On6June2004,survivorsoftheD-DaylandingsfrommanydifferentcountriesreturnedtoFrancetoremembertheirlostcomrades.ManyofthemwenttothecemeteryandmemorialwhichoverlooksOmahaBeach.
ThecemeteryandmemorialaresituatedonacliffoverlookingthebeachandtheEnglishChannel,fromwheretheboatsattemptedtheirlandings.Thecemeterycontainsthegravesof9,386Americanswhodiedduringthelandings.Thememorialalsocontainsthenamesofmorethan1,500menwhowereneverfound.
Onthememorial,thereispartofapoemcalled"FortheFallen",whichwaswrittenbyanEnglishpoet,LawrenceBinyon:
Theyshallnotgrowold,aswethatareleftgrowold.
Ageshallnotwearythem,northeyearscondemn.
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