跟讀練習: M26 Pershing vs T34-85 - 通過影片學習英語口語

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It's the evening of August 17, 1950, near the city of Pusan in South Korea.

Lt. Granville George GG Sweet of the 1st Platoon Company A

of the 1st Marine Tank Battalion takes a moment to rest by the steel giants under his command.

Around him is nothing but misery.

UN forces have been pushed back from the moment they became involved, going from just south of Seoul to cornered against the sea in Pusan in just a month.

One of the biggest and most demoralizing problems has been surrounding armor.

The North Koreans are equipped with Soviet T-34-85s.

With its 85mm cannon it's easily capable of piercing the American Chaffees and Shermans, while only the Sherman can fight it effectively in return.

And to make matters worse, they vastly outnumber the Shermans, meaning that most of the time soldiers had to fight them with chaffees, bazookas or no anti-tank weapons at all,

giving the T-34-85s a fearsome reputation.

But today Sweet has a reason for optimism, for under him isn't a Chaffee or a Sherman, but it's a late World War II M26 Pershing.

His four-tank platoon has been fighting in the defense of Poussin, and they've performed brilliantly, but he's still to meet the tank that has been dominating the battlefield in the last month.

Lt. Sweet's crews busy themselves hauling ammunition into their tanks as the sky turns orange with the sunset, when suddenly an urgent message arrives through the radio.

Flash purple!

Those are code words for one thing.

Incoming enemy armor.

Sweet springs into action, ordering his crew to prepare for combat.

The men of the supply depot rush to finish the resupply job,

dumping jerry cans into the Pershings' fuel tanks as fast as they can and spilling gasoline in their haste.

Full!

We're ready, get moving!

One after the other, the four Pershings' 18-litre V8s come to life with a deafening roar,

rolling out to their first tank-on-tank duel.

On the battlefield, the men of the 1st Marine Provisional Brigade scramble to counter the enemy advance, taking positions on the barren hills lining the narrow dirt road,

through which four T-34-85s trundle onward, followed by lines of infantry.

The Marines open fire on the North Korean soldiers, who take cover in the hills.

The T-34s fire back, continuing to advance as small arms fire bounces off their armor.

The naval bazooka teams hurry to meet the charging armor.

They open fire and strike the lead tank right on its external fuel tanks,

bursting them open and lighting a massive fireball across the engine deck.

But the tank is unharmed within, and its crew keeps pushing, uncaring of the flames engulfing the rear of their machine.

Meanwhile, further along the road, Lieutenant Sweet is making his way towards the scene.

They can hear gunshots and Sweet is in constant update of the evolving situation.

But then they stumble upon a pair of abandoned supply trucks right in the center of the road blocking the path.

The commander of the second tank in line, Technical Sergeant Cecil Fullerton, looks down at his gunner and orders him, Keep your eyes ahead.

If something rounds the bend, shoot it.

He then climbs off his tank and hurries over to the abandoned vehicles, driving them off the road to open a space for the tanks to proceed.

The tank convoy immediately gets back going again.

Fullerton gets back in his tank and Sweet radios him.

Sweet's tank has a problem with the elevation of the gun, so he orders Fullerton to take the lead.

He'll take the rear.

Fullerton's tank drives ahead as ordered, as the sounds of battle become more and more intense.

Through the radio Sweet is told Four tanks heading your way, we can't stop them.

Thinking quickly, Sweet orders the platoon to stop

and his three fully operational tanks to form a wall across the road and aim straight ahead.

The enemy are coming.

Fullerton takes his position, heartbeat racing.

The other pair of Pershings are maneuvering to take their spots beside him

when suddenly a fireball of a T-34 rounds the corner before Fullerton's eyes.

He gasps and shouts, Enemy ahead!

Fire!

The Pershing's 90mm cannon opens fire with thunderous fury.

The shell streaks across the air and strikes the enemy straight on the turret, piercing right through and exiting out of the rear,

continuing its path until it impacts into the hill behind.

Inside the Pershing, the crew waits for the cloud of dirt picked up by the Pershing's cannon to clear away.

Slowly, it reveals the enemy T-34, seemingly untouched and still rolling forward.

Fullerton shouts, another!

Just as the loader slams a second high-velocity armor-piercing shell into the breach,

the gunner pulls the trigger a second time and the shell slams into the T-34's upper plate, once again cutting straight through the enemy and firing out the rear of the turret.

It too impacts the hill behind, making the marines taking cover on the other side believe that they're under fire.

The smoke clears and Fullerton is shocked to see the T-34 still rolling forward forward.

Thinking they had missed he exclaims, another!

Hit it for God's sake!

The Pershing fires for a third time, impacting the enemy on the left hand side.

They hit the ammunition and fire immediately pours out of the three points of impact.

The Soviet-made machine finally comes to a grinding halt.

It's a hit!

We got him!

Simultaneously the second Pershing in line manoeuvres its way next to Fullerton's tank,

just in time for the next T-34-85 to appear from behind the wreck of his comrade.

The words FIRE echo within the American machines and both Pershings open fire in unison.

Two armor-piercing shells slam into the enemy armor.

One impacts the T-34's turret cheek causing it to violently spin around, and the disoriented North Korean gunner fires into the side of the hill.

The two American tanks reload and another volley of shells strikes the enemy, piercing their armor and causing the T-34 to burst into flames.

But despite the inferno, the Americans watch incredulous as its turret continues to slowly turn towards them.

Load HE, keep firing!

The 90mm weapons continue to shoot round after round, slamming the enemy with four more high explosive shells, stopping the enemy for good.

But then a radio transmission comes from the Pershings behind.

Bulletin, look out, you are on fire.

Without him realizing, the gasoline spilled during the refueling had been set alight by an ember from his tank's own cannon.

The flame rises above the engine deck and confusion spreads among the crew,

but any thought of bailing out is suddenly squashed by a deafening clang reverberating through the Pershing's hull.

Fullerton looks through the scope and spots a third T-34-85 firing from behind the smoldering wreckages of his comrades.

With the flames behind them pushed to the back of his mind, Fullerton orders, Enemy ahead!

Fire!

A second shot from the enemy ricochets off the Pershing's armor

before the might of the two 90mm main guns is unleashed once more.

The ground quakes as they release their fury and the T-34-85 is struck down by their shells.

Three men immediately jump out of the enemy tank and flee into the darkening landscape

just in time before another deadly volley pierces through their abandoned war machine.

The two Pershings continue to lay their fire upon the T-34s, trying to make them burn while Marines watch in amazement from the other side.

The fire that's burning upon the American tanks is repeatedly blown out by their muzzle blast, only to be re-ignited by the following shot,

making a very confusing sight for the onlooking Marines.

Behind the three wrecks, the fourth T-34-85 changes his mind and turns around to flee the scene.

But a bazooka squad from the gathered marines have other plans.

They peek over the hill and open fire at its weak side armor, neutralizing it in a single strike.

Finally the order comes for the fire to cease and the battlefield falls silent.

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Before them lay three burning T-34-85s at the cost of no casualties for the Pershings.

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Lieutenant Sweet can't help but feel relief.

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The myth of the T-34-85's invincibility had been spectacularly shattered.

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Lieutenant Granville Short Sweet would survive the war and return home, and he passed away peacefully in 2010.

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Technical Sergeant Cecil Roy Fullerton would be awarded the Bronze Star for his actions.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“M26 Pershing vs T34-85”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：tank, enemy, Pershing, armor, Sweet。這段影片共有 107 個句子、1463 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 9:37。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 152 個詞，接近日常對話。只有 73% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙難度較高。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
armor 名詞	/ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/	盔甲, 鐵甲 /鐵甲
pierce 動詞	/pɪɹs/	刺穿, 穿
slam 動詞	/ˈslæm/	甩, 甩上
flame 名詞	/fleɪm/	火焰, 火舌
bazooka 名詞	/bəˈzuːkə/	巴祖卡, 火箭筒
platoon 名詞	/pləˈtuːn/	排, 分隊 /分隊
battlefield 名詞	/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/	戰場 /戰場, 沙場 /沙場
abandon 動詞	/əˈbæn.dən/	放棄 /放棄
volley 名詞	/ˈvɑli/	齊射 /齊射, 排槍射擊 /排槍射擊
comrade 名詞	/ˈkɑmɹæd/	同志
flee 動詞	/ˈfliː/	逃, 奔逃
spill 動詞	/spɪl/	潑掉 /潑掉, 潑 /潑
gasoline 名詞	/ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/	汽油
fury 名詞	/ˈfjʊɹ.i/	狂怒
ammunition 名詞	/ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/	軍火 /軍火, 彈藥 /彈藥

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
bail out 動詞	救市
look out 動詞	當心, 小心
pass away 動詞	去世, 逝世
pick up 動詞	拾取, 撿 /撿

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
現在完成進行時 have/has been + -ing — 以前開始、現在仍在繼續的動作	has been surrounding · has been fighting
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	have been pushed · are equipped · is unharmed
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	have been pushed · they've performed

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 8 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 can't, haven't, he'll。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“th” 音: thunderous /ˈθʌn.də.ɹəs/, myth /mɪθ/
“sh” 和 “zh” 音: ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/, gunshot /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/, ricochet /ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/, shatter /ˈʃætɚ/
長單詞——注意重音位置: ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, demoralize /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/, disorient /dɪsˈɔːɹi.ənt/, incredulous /ɪnˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/, invincibility /ɪnˌvɪn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: volley /ˈvɑli/, invincibility /ɪnˌvɪn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/, manoeuvre /məˈnuːvə/, reverberate /ɹəˈvɜɹbəˌɹeɪt/, maneuver /məˈnuvɚ/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: pierce /pɪɹs/, turret /ˈtʌɹɪt/, battlefield /ˈbætəlˌfiːld/, comrade /ˈkɑmɹæd/, wreck /ˈɹɛk/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: fireball /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/, demoralize /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/, incredulous /ɪnˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/, neutralize /ˈnutɹəˌlaɪz/, refuel /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 armor, pierce, slam 這類單詞。

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