法国举行诺曼底登陆70周年纪念

时间：2014-06-06 07:42:06

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World leaders are joining hundreds of veterans in Normandy to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

世界领导人与数百名老兵齐聚诺曼底纪念诺曼底登陆70周年。
US veterans including Morley Piper, 90, gathered at Omaha Beach on Friday morning
US veterans including Morley Piper, 90, gathered at Omaha Beach on Friday morning
 
Heads of state will meet at Ouistreham, one of the five beaches where Allied1 troops landed on 6 June 1944.
 
French President Francois Hollande will give a speech followed by US President Barack Obama. The Queen and Russian President Vladimir Putin will also go.
 
There will be a re-enactment of the landings, which were the start of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
 
By the end of D-Day, the Allies had established a foothold（据点） in France - an event that would eventually help bring the war to an end.
 
The day's commemorations began at midnight with a vigil（守夜，监视） at Pegasus Bridge near Ouistreham, marking the first assault of the D-Day invasion when British soldiers began the first Allied action of the campaign.
 
In other events:
 More than 300 troops parachuted into Ranville, the first village to be liberated2 on D-Day
 The Princess Royal was at the drumhead ceremony in Southsea, Portsmouth, where many of the D-Day troops originally departed from
 The Queen left flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with Mr Hollande in Paris
 A flotilla led by HMS Bulwark3 sailed from Portsmouth to Normandy with four vessels4 from other countries
 
At 00:16 on 6 June 1944, six Horsa gliders5（滑翔机） carrying 181 men from the Glider6 Pilot Regiment7 and the 2nd Battalion8, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry9, landed silently to capture the strategically-vital bridge and another nearby.

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1 allied iLtys     
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
参考例句：
  • Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
  • Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。
2 liberated YpRzMi     
a.无拘束的，放纵的
参考例句：
  • The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
  • The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。
3 bulwark qstzb     
n.堡垒，保障，防御
参考例句：
  • That country is a bulwark of freedom.那个国家是自由的堡垒。
  • Law and morality are the bulwark of society.法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
4 vessels fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480     
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
参考例句：
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 gliders a7deb46dbc14e35d759f16adee20c410     
n.滑翔机( glider的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The albatross is the king of gliders. 信天翁是滑翔鸟类之王。 来自《用法词典》
  • For three summers, may bested and improved their gliders. 他们花了三个夏天不断地测试、改进。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
6 glider wgNxU     
n.滑翔机；滑翔导弹
参考例句：
  • The glider was soaring above the valley.那架滑翔机在山谷上空滑翔。
  • The pilot managed to land the glider on a safe place.那个驾驶员设法让滑翔机着陆到一个安全的地方。
7 regiment JATzZ     
n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制
参考例句：
  • As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
  • They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。
8 battalion hu0zN     
n.营；部队；大队(的人)
参考例句：
  • The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
  • At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后，队伍解散了。
9 infantry CbLzf     
n.[总称]步兵(部队)
参考例句：
  • The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
  • We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

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