Airmen
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Target for the Day: Berlin.
该日目标目录:柏林。
4 The Tuskegee “Experiment”.
4 Tuskegee“实验”。
10 First Combat.
10 第一战斗。
14 The Critics.
14 批评者。
15 The Red Tails.
15"红字".
17 Returning Home.
17回乡.
22 Glossary.
22 词汇表。
24 Target for the Day: Berlin Flying high above Germany, Lieutenant Roscoe Brown Jr.
24日 目标:柏林高高地飞上德国,小罗斯克·布朗中尉.
kept careful watch in his P-51 Mustang fighter.
在他的P -51野马战斗机中小心翼翼地看着
It was March 25, 1945, the final year of World War II, and Lt.
1945年3月25日 二战末年 和中.
Brown was leading a group of Mustangs from the 332nd Fighter Group.
布朗当时正率领一队来自第332战斗机集团的野马.
The fighter pilots were protecting two hundred American bombers.
战斗机飞行员正在保护200架美国轰炸机.
The target for the day was a tank factory in Germany’s capital city, Berlin.
当天的目标是德国首都柏林的坦克工厂.
Lt.
队长
Brown’s job was to keep the American bombers safe from enemy planes.
布朗的工作是保护美国轰炸机免受敌机袭击.
Dr.
医生
Roscoe Brown (inset), among the first pilots to train with the Tuskegee Airmen, describes a dogfight with attacking enemy planes.
罗斯克·布朗(英语:Roscoe Brown (inset))在最早与"Tuskegee"航空兵一起进行训练的飞行员中,描述了与攻击敌机的犬搏.
The pilots’ main mission was to fly along with large bomber groups and protect them from enemy attacks.
飞行员的主要任务是与大型轰炸机群一起飞行并保护他们免受敌人的攻击。
As the bombers closed in on the target, Brown looked around for any signs of enemy fighters.
当轰炸机关闭目标时,布朗四处寻找敌机的迹象.
Suddenly, he saw a large group of planes coming in fast from ahead and above.
突然,他看到一大批飞机从前方和上方迅速赶来.
The Germans had sent Messerschmitt 262 jet fighters up to defend their capital.
德国人派了262喷气式战斗机来保卫首都
These were the most advanced fighter planes in the world.
这些是世界上最先进的战斗机.
They were fast and heavily armed, and were flown by some of Germany’s best pilots.
他们迅速并全副武装,被德国一些最优秀的飞行员所驾驶.
“Bogeys!
“鲍吉斯!
Bogeys!”
怪兽!”
Brown called out on the radio, letting the other pilots know that he had planes in sight that might be enemies.
布朗在收音机上呼唤,让其他飞行员知道,他看到了可能是敌人的飞机.
The Americans watched as the German Me-262 jets circled around to the rear of the bomber formation like a pack of wolves closing in for the kill.
美国人看着德国的Me-262喷气式飞机在轰炸机阵型后方盘旋,就像一群狼群正在接近以进行杀戮.
Suddenly, four of the German jets dived to attack.
突然,有四架德国喷气式飞机潜入攻击.
The jets all opened fire as they raced past the American bombers, but most of their shots missed their targets.
喷气式战斗机在冲过美国轰炸机时都开火了,但他们的大部分镜头都错过了目标.
The sleek, fast, and heavily armed Messerschmitt 262 was the world’s first turbine-powered fighter—a jet plane.
飞快而全副武装的Messerschmitt 262是世界上第一架涡轮动力战斗机,
It was a lethal weapon in the hands of skilled German pilots.
这是德国飞行员手中的致命武器
The primary job of the famed Tuskegee Airmen squadron was to escort and protect bomber groups.
著名的Tuskegee空军中队的主要工作是护送和保护轰炸机团体。
The Red Tails were also called on to protect unarmed aircraft that provided detailed photographs of potential targets on the ground.
红发队还被要求保护提供地面潜在目标详细照片的非武装飞机。
Lt.
队长
Brown searched the sky behind him and saw another group of four Me-262s closing in fast on the bombers from behind and below.
布朗在他身后搜索了天空,并看到另一群由四人组成的Me-262从后方和下方快速接近轰炸机.
“Drop tanks!”
" 反坦克车! "
he called over the radio, pulling the handle to drop the fuel tanks carried under each wing of his Mustang.
他通过收音机,拉柄 扔下燃料箱 在他的野马的每一个翼下。
The extra fuel tanks were needed to get his plane this far into Germany, but fighting with them still on the plane was a very bad idea.
需要额外的燃料箱才能把他的飞机 运入德国 但和他们一起在飞机上战斗是个非常糟糕的主意
Now his fighter was ready for action.
他的战士已经准备好行动了
Brown rolled his plane and dove directly toward the enemy jets, picking up speed along the way.
布朗卷起他的飞机 直接朝敌机方向飞去 沿途加速
As he pulled out of his dive at the level of the Me-262s, he fired his guns at the nearest enemy plane.
当他从Me-262级的潜水中取出后,他向最近的敌机开火.
His aim was good, and his shots made one of the jet’s engines burst into flames.
他的目标很好,他的镜头使喷气式飞机的一款发动机被火焰所冲出.
Moments later, the German pilot bailed out, giving Lt.
稍后,德国飞行员逃出,给了Lt.
Brown a confirmed victory.
布朗是确认的胜利
In the same fight, two other American pilots from the 332nd Fighter Group also shot down Me-262s.
在同一场战斗中,来自第332战斗机集团的另外两名美国飞行员也击落了Me-262.
Brown’s fellow pilots also damaged five other jet fighters without losing any planes of their own or any of the bombers.
布朗的同机飞行员还损坏了另外五架喷气式战斗机,没有失去任何自己的飞机或轰炸机.
For their actions that day, the 332nd Fighter Group received a Presidential Unit Citation—one of the highest honors given to a group of airmen during the war.
第332战斗机集团在当天的行动中获得了总统单位的引用,这是在战争期间给予一批飞行员的最高荣誉之一。
But what was most incredible was that these American heroes were almost not allowed to serve as pilots at all—because they were black.
但最不可思议的是,这些美国英雄几乎不被允许担任飞行员——因为他们是黑人.
Four of the pilots among the first group of men trained by the U.
由U训练的第一组人中有4名飞行员.
S.
师曰.
Army Air Corps as part of the all African American 332nd Fighter Group.
陆军航空兵团是全非裔美国人第332战斗机集团的一部分.
The T uskegee “Experiment” During the 1930s, African Americans lived under unfair laws in many southern states that kept them segregated from whites.
20世纪30年代,非裔美国人在许多南方州生活在不公平的法律之下,使他们与白人隔离。
Those laws said that African Americans had to attend different schools, eat in separate restaurants, and use separate drinking fountains and public restrooms because of the color of their skin.
这些法律说,非裔美国人必须上不同的学校,在不同的餐厅吃东西,并由于其肤色而使用单独的饮用喷泉和公共洗手间.
The military was also segregated—black soldiers lived and trained in units that were kept separate from other races and were always under the command of white officers.
军队也被隔离——黑人士兵在与其他种族隔离的单位生活和培训,并始终由白人军官指挥。
The Army Air Corps refused to train any black pilots at all.
陆军航空兵完全拒绝训练任何黑人飞行员.
White and black students attended separate schools in Virginia in 1947.
1947年白人和黑人学生就读于弗吉尼亚州的分校.
School buses often carried police officers to ensure the separation of black and white students.
校车经常搭载警察以确保黑人和白人学生的分离.
GERMANY SWEDEN SWITZERLAND NORTH SEA MEDITERRANEAN SEA BALTIC SEA Berlin UNITED KINGDOM FRANCE NETHERLANDS BELGIUM ITALY SICILY POLAND YUGOSLAVIA AUSTRIA HUNGARY CZECHOSLOVAKIA This map shows the borders and names of the European countries involved in World War II.
德国 瑞典 斯威特泽尔兰北部 地中海 海洋 波罗的海 柏林 大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 比利时 冰岛 南斯拉夫 澳大利亞 荷加里 切克霍斯洛瓦基亚 这幅地图显示了参与二战的欧洲国家的边界和名称.
From the Ramitelli Airbase in Italy, Tuskegee pilots protected hundreds of strategic bombing missions over Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Poland.
从意大利的拉米特利空军基地起,图斯克杰飞行员保护了德国,捷克斯洛伐克,奥地利,匈牙利和波兰等地数百起战略轰炸任务.
In the late 1930s, many U.
1930年代末,许多U.
S.
师曰.
leaders saw that the country was heading toward war in Europe against Nazi Germany and its allies.
领导人看到,该国正走向欧洲对纳粹德国及其盟友的战争。
As the U.
作为U.
S.
师曰.
Army Air Corps began to get ready for the war, they saw that they didn’t have enough pilots.
陆军航空兵开始为战争做好准备,他们看到自己没有足够的飞行员.
Leaders in the black community thought they knew an answer to this problem.
黑人社区的领导人以为他们知道这个问题的答案.
They asked the government to let African Americans train as pilots, but some leaders in the military were against doing that.
他们要求政府让非裔美国人接受飞行员训练,但一些军方领导人反对这样做.
They believed that African Americans could never be good combat pilots.
他们认为非裔美国人永远不可能是优秀的战斗飞行员.
In 1941, the U.
1941年,乌.
S.
师曰.
Congress finally forced the Army Air Corps to create an all-black flying unit.
国会最终迫使陆军航空兵组建了全黑飞行分队.
This unit would be an “experiment” to test whether black pilots could do the job as well as white pilots.
这支部队将是一个“实验”,用来检验黑人飞行员是否以及白人飞行员都能完成任务。
Some people wanted the black pilots to succeed, but many people both inside and outside the military wanted them to fail.
有些人想让黑人飞行员成功,但很多在军队内外的人都希望他们失败.
In March 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was created as the first all-black unit of the Army Air Forces.
1941年3月,第99追击中队被创建为陆军空军第一支全黑部队.
It began training African Americans to work as aircraft mechanics and in other support jobs.
它开始训练非裔美国人担任飞机机械师和其他辅助工作.
In June, the squadron moved to train at airfields around Tuskegee, Alabama.
6月,中队迁入阿拉巴马州图斯克热(Tuskegee)一带的机场进行训练.
Starting with a group of 47 officers and 429 enlisted men, the Tuskegee Airmen (as they became known) eventually grew to include 996 pilots and over 15,000 other military staff who supported them.
从47名军官和429名士兵开始,Tuskegee飞行员(据他们所知)最终发展为包括996名飞行员和15 000多名支持他们的其他军事人员。
The commanding officer of the 99th Pursuit Squadron was Captain Benjamin O.
第99追击中队的指挥官是本杰明·奥上尉.
Davis Jr.
小戴维斯.
Capt.
队长
Davis was a graduate of West Point Military Academy who later became the first African- American general in the U.
戴维斯是西点军事学院的毕业生,他后来成为了美国第一位非裔-美国将领.
S.
师曰.
Air Force.
空军.
The Tuskegee Airmen faced many challenges and obstacles before they ever saw combat.
Tuskegee飞行员在看到战斗前面临许多挑战和障碍。
During their training in Alabama, they had to put up with discrimination both on and off their military bases.
在阿拉巴马州的训练期间,他们不得不忍受军事基地内外的歧视。
The black airmen were placed under white officers who were sometimes unfair in their treatment of them.
黑人飞行员被安置在白人军官之下,他们对待他们有时不公平.
They were not allowed into some areas of their bases that were open to whites and often had problems with the local townspeople and police.
不允许他们进入其基地中向白人开放的一些地区,这些地区往往与当地城镇居民和警察有问题。
First Combat This unfair treatment upset the Tuskegee Airmen, but Capt.
第一次战斗 这种不公平的待遇令图斯克吉航空员心烦意乱,但队长.
Davis told them that the best way to respond was to show that they could fly and fight as well as or better than any white unit.
戴维斯告诉他们,最好的对策是表明他们能飞行并出战,或者比任何白人部队都好.
They finally got their chance when the 99th was sent to fight in North Africa in April 1943.
1943年4月第99军被派往北非作战后,他们终于获得了机会.
Their first mission was to attack a German base on a small island off the coast of Sicily.
他们的第一个任务是攻击西西里岛外的一个小岛上的一个德军基地.
The 99th Squadron used their P -40 Warhawk fighters to knock out gun positions on the island.
第99中队用他们的P-40战鹰战斗机击倒了岛上的炮口.
They also began flying escort missions for friendly bomber squadrons—the type of mission they would later become most famous for.
他们还开始为友军轰炸机中队执行护航任务——这种任务后来会最出名.
Their efforts helped to force the German soldiers on the island to give up in less than two weeks.
他们的努力帮助迫使岛上的德军士兵在不到两周内放弃.
The 477th Bombardment Group Early Civil Rights Protest The Tuskegee Airmen also included the 477th Bombardment Group who trained to use B-25 bombers.
第477轰炸组 民权早期抗议 Tuskegee空軍也包含第477轰炸小组,他们训练使用B-25轰炸机.
The bomber group was moved to a base too small for the huge planes; experienced officers were denied command positions.
轰炸机组被转移到一个对大型飞机来说太小的基地;有经验的军官被拒绝担任指挥职务。
In 1945, officers of the 477th staged a peaceful protest when they were forbidden use of the same base officers’ club as white officers.
1945年,第477军军官发动了和平抗议,当时他们被禁止像白人军官一样使用同名基地军官俱乐部.
This protest was an early milestone in the civil rights movement.
这次抗议是民权运动的早期里程碑.
Capt.
队长
Benjamin O.
本杰明·奥.
Davis Jr.
小戴维斯.
shaped the 332nd Fighter Group into an organized and respected fighting force.
将第332战斗机集团组织成一支有组织和受人尊敬的战斗部队。
Capt.
队长
Davis became the first African- American air force general.
戴维斯成为了第一位非裔美国空军上将.
His father was the first African-American general in the army.
他的父亲是陆军中首位非裔美国人将领.
The Critics Despite the success of this first operation, some people in the War Department were not happy.
批评者虽然这次第一次行动取得了成功,但战争部的一些人并不高兴.
They complained that one group of pilots from the 99th had flown off to chase after enemy fighters, leaving some friendly bombers with little protection.
他们抱怨说一队从99号飞来的飞行员飞去追敌机,使一些友军轰炸机几乎没有保护.
They also complained that the 99th hadn’t shot down any enemy planes during their missions.
他们还抱怨,99军在执行任务期间没有击落任何敌机.
Several white senior officers in army air forces said that the 99th should be pulled from combat operations.
陆军空军多位白人高级军官表示,"99"号应该从战斗行动中取出.
Gen.
简.
George Marshall, the army chief of staff, was not about to give up the “experiment” so easily.
陆军参谋长乔治·马歇尔不会轻易放弃“试验”。
He ordered an official review to study how the 99th had done, but he also decided to let the squadron keep fighting.
他下令进行正式审查来研究"99"号的战况,但他也决定让中队继续战斗.
World War II pilots flew in a time before the development of modern electronic aviation equipment.
二战飞行员在现代电子航空设备发展之前的一段时间内飞出.
They learned to fly in old trainer planes, to navigate using maps and aerial photographs, and to rely on their eyesight and quick reflexes.
他们学会了用老式教练机飞行,使用地图和航空相片导航,并依靠他们的视力和快速反射.
The official review eventually showed that the 99th had done well during the attack on the island, but by the time it came out, the 99th had answered their critics in a different way.
官方审查最终显示,99军在袭击该岛期间表现良好,但到出道时,99军以不同的方式回答了批评者.
In the summer of 1943, Lt.
1943年夏出任中将.
Charles B.
查尔斯 B.
Hall scored the unit’s first victory when he shot down a Focke- Wulf 190, one of Germany’s best fighter planes.
霍尔击落了德国最优秀的战斗机之一"福克-武尔夫"(Focke-Wulf 190)后打入了该单位的首个胜利.
This marked the first time an African-American pilot had shot down an enemy aircraft while flying for the U.
这标志着一名非裔美国飞行员首次在为U飞行时击落了一架敌机.
S.
师曰.
military.
军事
Pilots from the 99th went on to shoot down twelve German planes in two days during the invasion of Italy.
99号的飞行员在入侵意大利期间两天内继续击落了12架德军飞机.
As they gained combat experience, they built up a record of excellence that became more and more difficult for their critics to challenge.
随着他们获得战斗经验,他们积累了卓越的记录,越来越难被批评者挑战.
Eleanor Roosevelt One of the Tuskegee Airmen’s earliest supporters was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
埃莉诺·罗斯福 Tuskegee航空兵最早的支持者之一是第一夫人埃莉诺·罗斯福.
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Roosevelt visited the program in 1941 and asked to fly with one of the Tuskegee pilots.
罗斯福于1941年参观了这个计划,并请求与一名图斯克盖飞行员一起飞行.
When she landed after flying for more than an hour in a Waco biplane with C.
当她与C搭乘韦克双飞飞机飞行了一个多小时后降落.
Alfred “Chief” Anderson (shown here), she happily said, “Well, you can fly all right!”
阿尔弗雷德·安德森(英语:Alfred " Chief" Anderson (shown here)),她高兴地说,“好吧,你可以飞得很好!”
The Red Tails In September 1943, Benjamin O.
1943年9月出任本杰明·O.
Davis Jr.
小戴维斯.
, now a lieutenant colonel, took charge of the 332nd Fighter Group.
现为中校,负责第332战斗机集团.
The 332nd included three new African-American fighter squadrons: the 100th, 301st, and 302nd.
332分舰队包括了三个新的非裔美国战斗机中队:第100分舰队,第301分舰队和 第302分舰队.
Eventually, the 99th Fighter Squadron became part of the 332nd Fighter Group during operations in Italy.
最终,第99战斗机中队在意大利作战期间成为了第332战斗机集团的一部分.
The 332nd switched to more advanced aircraft such as the P-47 Thunderbolt.
332型机车改用P-47"霹雳"等更先进的飞机.
Later, they began flying the plane they would become forever known for: the P-51 Mustang.
后来,他们开始驾驶飞机,他们将永远以P-51野马而出名。
The Mustang was an amazing fighter plane that was perfect for long-range bomber escort missions deep into enemy territory.
野马是一架惊人的战斗机,非常适合远程轰炸机护送任务深入敌方领土.
The 332nd painted the tail sections of their P-47s and P-51s red to show the pride they felt for their unit.
第332回将他们的P-47和P-51的尾部部分画出红色来,以显示他们对自己的单位所感到的骄傲.
The red color also was a reminder of the Tuskegee Airmen’s motto of equality: “All blood runs red.”
红色也提醒了Tuskegee飞行员的平等口号: " 所有血都流出红色。 “
Pilots of the 332nd began calling themselves the “Red Tails.”
第332师的飞行员开始自称为“红发师”。 “
The red tails on the aircraft made them easy to identify by friends and enemies alike.
飞机上红色的尾巴使得他们很容易被朋友和敌人都认出来.
When friendly bomber crews saw how good the pilots of the red-tailed planes were at their jobs, they began calling them the “Red-Tailed Angels.”
当友军轰炸机的机组人员看到红尾飞机的飞行员在工作上有多好时,他们开始称他们为"红尾天使". “
Most of the American bomber crews had no idea that pilots from 332nd were black; one of them even called it the “Army’s best-kept secret” of the war.
大部分美国轰炸机的机组人员并不知道来自332的飞行员是黑人;其中一人甚至称之为战争的"陆军最保守的秘密".
The German pilots who learned to fear the fighting skills of the pilots of the red-tailed Mustangs called them the “Black Bird Men.”
德国飞行员学会了害怕红尾野马飞行员的战斗技能,他们称之为"黑鸟人".
The Red Tails were often called on to protect and escort home damaged bombers.
红尾舰经常被召去保护并护送家园受损的轰炸机.
Damaged bombers were easy targets for the determined German Air Force pilots.
受损的轰炸机是德国空军坚定的飞行员们容易的目标.
On this day, two Tuskegee planes answered a distress call from the bomber Jeze Belle and the attacking plane was shot down.
这一天,两架图斯克杰飞机接应了轰炸机Jeze Belle的求救电话,攻击机被击落.
In the final years of the war, the 332nd flew 200 bomber escort missions while losing less than 25 bombers in total to enemy aircraft.
在战争的最后几年中,第332战斗机出动了200架轰炸机护航任务,同时总共损失不到25架轰炸机给敌机.
This was an incredibly low number of losses.
这是极低的损失数量。
Other fighter escort groups sometimes lost that many bombers to enemy fighters during a single mission!
其他战斗机护航团有时会在一次任务中将许多轰炸机输给了敌方战斗机!
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
In June 1944, pilots of the 332nd were able to sink an Italian navy destroyer by attacking it with the machine guns of their P-47 Thunderbolts.
1944年6月,第332号的飞行员用他们的P-47"霹雳"的机枪攻击了一艘意大利海军驱逐舰并击沉了它.
This was the only time during the war when planes using only their machine guns sank a major navy ship.
这是战争期间唯一一次仅使用机关枪的飞机击沉了一艘主要的海军舰只.
By the end of the war, the Tuskegee Airmen had proved their courage, skill, and fighting abilities to everyone.
至战争结束时,图斯克杰航空员向所有人证明了他们的勇气,技能和战斗能力.
They had destroyed 112 enemy aircraft in the air and another 150 on the ground, as well as damaging hundreds more.
他们在空中摧毁了112架敌机,在地上又摧毁了150架敌机,还摧毁了数百架敌机。
They also destroyed more than 950 railroad cars, trucks, and other vehicles and received hundreds of medals for their achievements.
他们还摧毁了950多辆铁路车,卡车等车辆,并因其成就而获得上百枚奖章.
Just as importantly, they won the respect and gratitude of the white bomber crews whom they protected on mission after mission.
同样重要的是,他们赢得了他们在执行任务后保护的白人轰炸机机机组人员的尊重和感谢。
These results came with a price.
这些结果是有代价的。
The Tuskegee Airmen lost sixty-six pilots to enemy attacks and accidents and had thirty-two pilots captured.
Tuskegee空軍因敌方出击和出事而损失了66名飞行员并有32名飞行员被俘.
The Red Tails’ success wasn’t limited to protecting bomber squadrons and destroying attacking aircraft.
红旗军的成功并不限于保护轰炸机中队和摧毁攻击飞机。
Their swift attacks on critical ground targets crippled enemy supply lines and transportation routes.
他们迅速攻击关键地面,使敌方补给线和运输路线瘫痪。
Returning Home After fighting to free Europe from the Nazis, the Tuskegee Airmen returned home to a country that still treated them as second-class citizens.
回国 在为从纳粹手中解放出欧洲而战斗后,图斯克杰航空人回到了一个仍然把他们当作二等公民的国家.
No welcome-home parades greeted these returning heroes.
没有欢迎回家的游行迎接这些回归的英雄.
The military, however, took note of their amazing achievements.
然而,军方注意到他们的惊人成就。
The Tuskegee Airmen had shown that racial segregation was an unfair system that could not claim to be based on real differences in ability.
Tuskegee航空员已经表明,种族隔离是一种不公平的制度,不能以能力上的真正差异为依据。
Their success was one reason that President Harry S.
他们的成功是总统哈里·斯的原因之一.
Truman decided to end segregation in the military in 1948.
杜鲁门决定在1948年结束军队中的隔离.
But the fight to win full civil rights for all Americans was just beginning.
但赢得所有美国人全部公民权利的斗争才刚刚开始。
President Harry S.
(原始内容存档于2018-10-21). President Harry S.
Truman signs an order ending segregation in the military on July 26, 1948.
杜鲁门于1948年7月26日签署了结束军队隔离的命令.
Berlin, the capital city of Germany, was heavily damaged from air raids by the British, American, and Russian forces during World War II.
二战期间,德国首都柏林被英,美,俄等军队的空袭严重破坏.
(top) The Reichstag Offices in Berlin before the start of the war.
(上)战争开始前帝国议会驻柏林办事处.
(center) The Reichstag after numerous bombings.
(中间) 帝国议会在多次轰炸之后
(bottom) The rebuilt Reichstag today.
(从下到下) 今天重建的帝国议会。
Glossary civil rights (n.)
公民权利词汇表(不详)
legal, social, and economic rights that guarantee freedom and equality for all citizens (p.
保障所有公民自由和平等的法律、社会和经济权利(第3页)。
22) combat (n.)
22) 战斗 (n.
fighting between military forces (p.
军队之间的战斗(p.
11) discrimination the unfair treatment of a person or (n.)
11) 歧视某人或(n.)
group based on gender, race, age, religion, or other differences (p.
根据性别、种族、年龄、宗教或其他差异(p.
13) equality (n.)
13)平等 (n.
the condition in which everyone has the same rights (p.
人人有权享有同样权利的条件(p.
17) escort (v.)
17) 护航(五.
to go with someone or something, often to provide protection (p.
通常是为了提供保护(p.
14) experiment (n.)
14) 实验 (n.
a scientific test or trial (p.
科学试验或试验(p.
11) fighter (n.)
11) 战斗机 (n.
a fast, armed military airplane designed to battle other aircraft (p.
用于对抗其他飞机的快而武装的军用飞机(p.
4) formation (n.)
4) 编组(n.
a specific pattern formed by a group (p.
由一组形成的具体图案(p.
6) mission (n.)
6)任务 (n.
a set purpose for doing something; a special task or assignment (p.
特定任务或任务(p.
14) segregated (adj.)
14) 隔离(adj.)
kept apart based on group differences, such as race (p.
根据种族(p.
10) squadron (n.)
10)中队 (n.
a military unit made up of more than one small group of soldiers, airplanes, or ships (p.
由一多群士兵、飞机或船只组成的军事单位(p.
12) World War II (n.)
12) 二战 (n.
a global war with Germany, Italy, and Japan against Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and other nations (1939–1945) (p.
一场与德国,意大利,日本的全球性战争,针对英国,法国,美国,俄罗斯等国(1939–1945)(p.
4) Dr.
4)医生.
Roscoe Brown (speaking) and retired Lt.
罗斯科·布朗(英语:Roscoe Brown (speaking))并退休了中士.
Col.
科长
Alexander Jefferson (left) at the 2007 Congressional Gold Medal Award ceremony that honored the amazing achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen.
亚历山大·杰斐逊(左翼)在2007年国会金质奖章颁奖典礼上荣获了图斯克杰航空队的惊人成就.
Over 300 surviving Tuskegee Airmen attended the ceremony, held in the U.
300多名幸存的Tuskegee飞行员出席了在U举行的仪式。
S.
师曰.
Capitol Rotunda.
国会罗通达.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
The First Black Fighter Pilot Although the Tuskegee Airmen became the most famous black American military pilots, they weren’t the first.
第一个黑人战斗机飞行员 虽然Tuskegee飞行员成为美国最出名的黑人军事飞行员,
Eugene Bullard was an American volunteer fighter pilot who flew for the French Air Force during World War I.
尤金·布拉德(英語:Eugene Bullard)是一名美国志愿战斗机飞行员,一战期间为法国空军飞行.
Bullard is thought to have shot down two German aircraft during his missions for the French.
布拉德被认为在为法国人执行任务时击落了两架德军飞机.
When the United States entered the war in August 1917, American volunteers who were already flying for the French were given the option to switch to the U.
1917年8月美国入战后,已经为法军出航的美国志愿军获得了转投U的选项.
S.
师曰.
Army Air Service—all except Bullard, who was not allowed to transfer because he was black.
陆军航空局——除了布拉德之外,他因为是黑人而不准调离。