| VOA标准英语2017--US Troops Clear Highway for Pullout from Iraq_在线英语听力室划词翻译 - Dict.CN 免费学口语，越南语论文，一对一练习 ?2003-2017 Dict.CN 海词 英语 日语 韩语 法语 德语 西班牙语 意大利语 阿拉伯语 葡萄牙语 越南语 俄语 >>官方微博在线英语听力室 设为首页 收藏本站 联系我们 首 页 | 听力教程 | VOA慢速英语 | 英语歌曲 | 英语下载 | 英语小说 | 英语词典 | 在线背单词 | 听力论坛 | 韩语学习 听力专题 | 英语教材 | VOA标准英语 | 英语动画 | 英语考试 | 资源技巧 | 英语翻译 | 单词连连看 | 听力家园 | 德语学习 听力搜索 | 英语导读 | BBC英语教学 | 英语视频 | 英语电台 | 英语QQ群 | 外语歌曲 | 英语游戏 | 英语网刊 | 日语学习 当前位置: 首页>VOA标准英语>2017年听力资料>VOA标准英语2017年(十二月)>VOA标准英语2017--US Troops Clear Highway for Pullout from Iraq时间:2017-12-16 08:21来源:互联网 提供网友:nan 字体： [ 大 中 小 ] (单词翻译:双击或拖选) US Troops Clear Highway for Pullout from Iraq All U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the month. The road south to Kuwait has been a hotbed of anti-American violence, roadside bombs and assaults by insurgents. Teams like Minnesota's 1st Platoon A-Company 2-135 Infantry are clearing the last stretch of highway from Iraq to Kuwait of threats to exiting convoys. It’s just another day for the men assigned to protect American convoys leaving Iraq. Troops, trucks and cargo travel the Main Supply Route into Kuwait… mostly without incident… because of soldiers like these. "Our task is to do a patrol," said Team Leader, Lieutenant Derek Malner. "The purpose is to not only clear the route… but also to deter threats, if there were enemy activity on that route for convoys moving north and south." They are called CSTs… or, convoy security teams, and it’s units like this one that ride in the military’s heavily armored, IED-defeating Caiman truck. They travel north from Kuwait to the Iraq border - the K-Crossing - where they receive their mission briefing, assemble their .50 caliber turret-mounted machine guns, and head out into the desert. It’s not long before the security team experiences radio troubles. So they stop. All of them. Out here, in the desert, groups like this must work together to survive in the vast emptiness of southern Iraq… because usually, nothing good waits for them. "There was a vehicle trailing us with their lights on, when we started slowing down, they turned their lights off and did a U-turn," said Malner. And A-Company followed…. "For every situation, we have the correct, practiced reaction," said Lieutenant Malner. The vehicle is not a threat…and the team rendezvouses w ith one of the last convoys passing through Iraq to provide safe passage to Kuwait. "It’s our duty," said Malner. "We’re infantrymen. Tonight was easy. Tonight was a 10-hour event. Quick: get in; get out. Support the convoys that are moving north and south." "This is my job; this is what I signed-up to do," said gunner, Sergeant Ryan Appleby. "And whether I like it or not I’m going to do it… I’m going to do it right." Specialist Sean Raleigh was here in 2003, at the onset of the U.S. invasion… and now he’s here in its final days. "A lot happened between the beginning and no, but coming in and closing the door. It’s definitely the biggest reality check was: I swore that I’d never come back here. And here I am again," said Raleigh. And here they’ll be until the last convoy passes into Kuwait. For the men of the 2-135… it’s just another day at the office. For the thousands of Americans heading south into Kuwait… it’s their ticket to safe passage across the desert of southern Iraq.上一篇：VOA标准英语2017--Immigrants Reflect on Soviet Collapse 下一篇：没有了 评论 推荐 收藏 挑错 打印 ------分隔线---------------------------- TAG标签： VOA标准英语 Clear 顶一下(2)100%踩一下(0)0%购买VOA标准英语2017年的相关图书及光盘 在百度中搜索VOA标准英语2017年(十二月)分享到： QQ空间 新浪微博 腾讯微博 人人网 开心网 QQ收藏 豆瓣 更多 最新口语陪练课程列表 口语连读技巧 2017-12-18 10:30:00 详情 《话题英语》（一对一课程） 2017-12-18 20:00:00 详情 Office Talk 2017-12-18 20:00:00 详情 Personal Finances/Banking Vocabulary(外教课程) 2017-12-18 20:00:00 详情 Christmas Season- Christmas Gifts 2017-12-18 21:30:00 详情 Zack老师英语公益课 2017-12-19 19:30:00 详情 听 2017-12-19 20:30:00 详情 《雅思口语》一对一上课 2017-12-19 20:15:00 详情 最新评论 查看所有评论 评论 查看所有评论 请自觉遵守互联网相关的政策法规，越语论文题目，严禁发布色 |
