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Unit One: Fighting with the Forces of Nature Text A: The Icy Defender pride comes before a fall-----骄兵必败 nothing could stand in their way-----战无不胜，攻无不克 Grand Army ----- 大军 fierce resistance ----- 奋勇抵抗 devastating enemy -----劲敌 the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter-----俄罗斯阴冷凄苦的寒冬 Nazi Germany----- 纳粹德国 launch an attack against sb ----- 进攻 military might -----军事实力 be unequaled -----堪称无敌 mow down resistance in most of Europe -----扫除了欧洲绝大部分地区的抵抗 a painful lesson-----痛苦的教训 assemble an army of …-----屯兵 well trained, efficient, and well equipped-----受过良好训练，作战力强，装备精良 a quick, decisive victory-----速决速胜 stand and fight-----奋起抵抗 become bogged down -----停顿下来 slow-moving supply lines-----缓慢的粮草运输 a decisive victory-----决定性的胜利 be faced with a crucial decision-----面临着一个重要抉择 the approaching winter----- 即将来临的冬天 take the gamble-----孤注一掷 fierce battle-----激战 retreat to safety-----撤往安全地带 have a clear path to someplace----- 顺利进入某地，长驱直入某地 an empty victory----- 毫无意义的胜利 a raging fire ----- 一场熊熊大火 offer a truce to-----向…提出停战 bide one’s time-----等待时机 could not feed, clothe, and quarter his army -----没有办法向军队供应粮草、提供御寒衣物和宿营之地 turn into a nightmare-----成为一场噩梦 launch hit-and-run attacks on sb ----- 打游击战 fall dead -----倒地而死 become stuck in the snow ----- 陷入雪中 take ill and freeze to death-----染病冻死 drag on-----拖着脚步行进 gather its strength-----聚集兵力 avoid certain defeat -----避免注定的失败 the swollen river ----- 涨水的河道 by a stroke of luck ----- 侥幸的是 at the cost of ----- 以……为代价 the tattered survivors-----溃不成军的幸存者 limp toward someplace -----一瘸一拐地向……行进 the weakened French army ----- 元气大伤的法国军队 form a powerful alliance----- 组成强大的联盟 attack these stragglers-----攻击这些散兵游勇 go into exile----- 过流放生活 seize control of most of Europe ----- 控制欧洲的大部分地区 without a declaration of war-----不宣而战 the largest military land campaign in history ----- 历史上规模最大的一场陆地战役 the blitzkrieg, or “lightning war,” tactics -----闪电式战略 have three broad thrusts ----- 包括三大目标 caught off guard ----- 被打了个措手不及 “scorch the earth” -----“焦土”政策 push the front e