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Recall to active duty 若有战，召必回 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。 我们再来体验一段出现recall to active duty的英语： The Recall of U.S. Troops Chris Carlson had been out of the U.S. Army （离开美国陆军，退伍，复员，英语可以简单地用(get) out of the army就可以表达）for two years and was working at Costco in California（这说明他目前只是个平民） when he received notice that he was being called back into service（接到命令：召回入伍。was being called back into service，就是召回（入伍），等于was recalled into active duty,或was called back into active duty）. The 24-year-old is one of thousands of Soldiers and Marines(海军陆战队) who have been deployed（军事部署。有一点需要说明的是：一个退伍军人被召回不等于被deployed，也就是不一定就上战场，这是recall to active duty和deploy的区别） to Iraq under a policy that allows military leaders to recall troops（还是召回的又一个说法） who have left the service（就是get out of the service，指military service军队服役） but still have time left on their contract（在他们的服役合同上依然还有剩余的服役时间。这点可能就需要对美国的“义务兵制度”要有所了解了。美国青年是“义务兵制”，每个人都有8年的服役义务。跟读大学一样，不一定像中国那样，要连续四年读完，可以分段完成。所以，美国的前军人“召回”，与其说是热情，不如说是尽本份。所以，很难想像他们能喊出中国军人“若有战，召必回”那样豪迈的语言来。）. "I thought it was crazy," said Carlson, （Carlson说：我觉得这种召回简直就是神经病）who has found himself protecting convoys （护卫美国军车车队）on Iraq's dangerous roads as part of a New Jersey National Guard unit. "Never in a million years did I think they would call me back（从来没想过他们会发出召回令）." 好，剩下的英语我们就不一一读完了。 我们此刻姑且不讨论“若有战，召必回”的英语怎么说，至少，我们知道世界各国军队在战时都会做同样的一件事情，这就是：recall a retired soldier into active duty or service. 那你想有能力跟别人谈论谈论什么是recall to active duty呀？ Well I know that means 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 最后一点，active duty，那么，什么是active duty呢？What is active duty? 我们再来练习练习口语表达吧，不要来来回回就只知道说一个英语短语：recall into active duty. Well when we say a soldier is on active duty, that means you will serve 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the military. It is just like working a full-time job. You work 8 hours a day, and five days a week. 记住，这里用serve一词，叫做to serve 24 hours a day 好了，具备了这些“语料谈资”，有了“英语体验在先”，下次当“召回”这个话题再次出现的时候，你至少可以说：这个话题或表达我曾经有过大量的英语体验(在那种语言环境中体验过)，而不是简简单单地从中文体验角度学过recall into active duty这个英语单词。 最后，至于中国前军人那句具有中国特色的铿锵有力的“若有战，召必回”英语怎么说呢？我想我会这么大概的去表达： I will definitely show up at a recall. 当然，这只是对“志愿兵”而言，如果是未尽完“服役义务”的“义务兵”，就别跟着喊了：你是必须“回”的！ |
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