英语段落讲解：Recall to active duty

　　若有战，召发回!

　　我想，这可能是只有中国前军人才会发出的如此铿锵有力的豪言壮语：若有战，召必回!

　　英语体验在先：在我们习惯性地问“若有战，召必回用英语怎么说?”之前，我们还是先做做英语体验吧，先进到英语环境中体验英语，然后考虑其它问题。

　　我们“体验”以下英语片段：

　　MacArthur was recalled to active duty in 1941 as commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East. A series of disasters followed, starting with the destruction of his air forces on 8 December 1941, and the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese. MacArthur's forces were soon compelled to withdraw to Bataan,

　　或许大家是第一次接触到英语表达recall to active duty，那么文中出现的这个was recalled to active duty是什么“军事用语/英语”呢?

　　原来它指的就是：

　　a retired soldier or a former soldier will return or go back or is called back into active military service before being deployed for combats.

　　Or we will say after a soldier gets out of the military, the military can mobilize and call him back into active duty or active service

　　能说出这样的英语，积累下面的“语料”：

　　a retired soldier or a former soldier will return or go back or is called back into active military service before being deployed for combats.

　　就比只会说recall to active duty的口语表达能力强很多了。

　　你总是说要提高英语口语，你能做到这点吗?你只会用中文记住短语recall to active duty吗?

　　现在换成用中文说，就是退伍军人的“召回”了。然而，我们需要你具备的，是能说出这“一大串”英语的能力。这也就是将来和人讨论“召回”时的“谈资”，而不是仅仅知道英语单词“召回”，然后什么也不会说了。

　　我们多少人“学英语”不是这种情况呢?“蹦单词”，或者说“考词汇量”还行，“拓展表达”，哪怕就某个topic说上三言两语，就万般艰难了：平时他就没有这方面的“语料”积累啊!“书到用时方恨少”。

　　MacArthur was recalled to active duty in 1941 as commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East. A series of disasters followed, starting with the destruction of his air forces on 8 December 1941, and the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese. MacArthur's forces were soon compelled to withdraw to Bataan,

　　这段英语说的大概意思是：麦克阿瑟1941年被部队召回成为现役军人，职务是美国三军总司令，驻扎地是远东。一系列的灾难随后发生了：开始时是他的空军受到重创作，时间1941年12月8日，接着日本人对菲律宾发动入侵。麦将的三军不久被迫撤退到Bataan地区。

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