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大不列颠的联合 第33期:庆祝着胜利

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Just an hour after the firing had started,

在战斗开始后的一个小时

there were 1,500 Jacobite Highlanders lying slaughtered.

詹姆斯二世党军队就有1500名士兵倒下

Only 50 of the Hanoverians had perished.

而汉诺威的军队只有50名士兵牺牲

It was perhaps better to be one of those felled by Hanoverian guns.

或许成为汉诺威军队的枪下鬼要更好一点

It spared you the sight of British soldiers coming at you,

因为这样就省掉在你受伤后

while you lay wounded,to finish you off with their newfangled bayonets.

躺在地上眼睁睁地看着英军 用他们的新式刺刀来结束你生命时的痛苦

As one Hanoverian officer noted:

正如一名汉诺威的军官写道

Our men, killing the enemy, dabbling their feet in blood and splashing it about one another,

我们的士兵 勇猛杀敌 在血流成河的战场上 英勇无畏 浴血奋战

look like so many butchers rather than Christian soldiers.

他们更像群屠夫而不是基督教战士

Charles Edward survived the battle and gave the order:Every man for himself.

查理斯·爱德华幸存下来 他下令 大家各自逃命去吧

He went on the run until it was safe to be shipped back to France.

他一直在逃亡 直到安全回到法国

In England, the victory was riotously celebrated.

在英格兰 人们热烈的庆祝着胜利

Effigies of Bonnie Prince Charlie were burned at the stake.

人们在火刑架上焚烧美王子查理的肖像

Many Scots, too,were pleased to see the end of the Jacobite threat,

很多苏格兰人 也很乐意看到詹姆斯二世党人的威胁结束

delighted the prince had gone.

以及王子的离去

But in the heartland of his support, north-west Scotland,

但在支持他的主要地区 苏格兰西北部

Charles Edward left behind a population prostrate

查理斯·爱德华很多手无寸铁的拥护者

before the avenging army of the Duke of Cumberland,

都成为了坎伯兰公爵军队的刀下亡魂

determined to break the Jacobite clans for ever.

因为公爵决定要彻底清除詹姆斯二世党余孽

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threat [θret]

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n. 威胁,凶兆
vt. 威胁, 恐吓

 
flavor ['fleivə]

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n. 滋味,香料,风格
vt. 加味于

 
celebrated ['selibreitid]

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adj. 著名的,声誉卓著的 动词celebrate的过

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withstand [wið'stænd]

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vt. 对抗,经得起,承受

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celebrate ['selibreit]

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v. 庆祝,庆贺,颂扬

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stake [steik]

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n. 桩,赌注,利害关系
v. 下注,用桩支撑

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determined [di'tə:mind]

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population [.pɔpju'leiʃən]

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