Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers 星船伞兵

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StarshipTroopers takes place in the future as h_____1______ fights against “the bugs”.It is n______2_____ by a young recruit Johnny Rico. The story b______3_____with him aboard the Roger Young, he is performing a r_____4______ against “theskinnies” which are a r_____5______ allied with the bugs.

Hef______6_____ back to his high school years where he was a young man i______7_____on joining the military with his friend Carl. Rico joins the Mobile Infantrywhere he f_____8______ himself in one of the hardest boot camps in the world.He finishes training and begins the w______9_____ itself against the bugplanets.

Thewar formally begins when a r______10_____ from the bugs on Buenos Aires killsmillions of people including Johnny's mother. In direct retaliation the MobileInfantry raid Klendathu, the bug homeland. Unfortunately heavy l______11_____from that very unsuccessful a_____12______ force them to taking hit and runm_____13______ against the bugs.

Ricolater begins with officer training which was like boot camp only much harder.Rico is c______14_____ as a temporary Third Lieutenant and partakes inOperation Royalty, which was the plan to c______15_____ a “brain bug”. Ricolearns that his father joined the m_____16______ infantry after his wife’sdeath. The novel ends with Rico as lieutenant of the Roughnecks with his fatherserving with him. It h_____17______ at their final victory against the arachnidsas they are actually i______18_____ Klendathu itself.

【词汇注释】

Troopers  ['truːpə]  n.  伞兵

humanity[hjuː'mænəti]n.人性；人类

narrate[nə'reɪt]v.叙述；讲故事

Infantry['ɪnfəntri]n.步兵；步兵部队

formally['fɔːməli]adv.形式上；正式地

unfortunately[ʌnˈfɔːtʃnətli]adv.可惜；遗憾的是

temporary['temprəri]adj.暂时的；临时的

operation[.ɒpə'reɪʃn]n.操作；运行

lieutenant[lef'tenənt]n.中尉

arachnid[ə'ræknɪd]n.蛛形纲动物

【参考译文】

《星船伞兵》的故事发生在未来，人类在与“虫族”作战。故事由年轻的新兵约翰尼·瑞科讲述。故事开始时他在“罗杰·杨”号飞船上，他正在进行一场针对与虫族结盟的“瘦子”一族的突袭。

他回想起高中时代，那时他还是个年轻人，一心想和朋友卡尔一起参军。瑞科加入了机动步兵部队，他发现自己身处世界上最艰苦的训练营之一。他完成了训练，加入了与虫族星球的战争。

虫族对布宜诺斯艾利斯发起突袭，于是战争正式开始了。该次突袭杀死了数百万人，其中包括约翰尼的母亲。作为直接的报复，机动步兵突袭了虫族的故乡克伦达图。不幸的是，那次非常失败的攻击造成了巨大的损失，迫使他们不得不对虫族采取打了就跑的作战手段。

瑞科后来参加了军官训练，这和新兵训练营相仿，只是更为艰难。瑞科被任命为临时第三大队的中尉，并参与了计划捕捉“脑虫”的王族行动。瑞科得知他的父亲在其妻子死后加入了机动步兵队。小说的结尾是瑞科成为钻工队的中尉，他的父亲和他一起服役。这暗示着他们最终战胜了蛛形纲动物，因为他们事实上入侵了克伦达图本土。

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