Section_ⅢLesson 2 & Lesson 3 - Pre­reading

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　　Do Chuc is a forty­eight­year­old① Vietnamese farmer whose two daughters and an aunt were killed by American soldiers in My Lai that day②. He and his family were eating breakfast when③ the American soldiers entered the village and ordered them from their homes. Together with④ other villagers they were marched⑤ a few hundred metres into the village square where they were told to sit. "Still we had no reason to be afraid⑥，" Chuc remembers."Everyone was calm. We'd seen it all before." Then, in surprise⑦ he watched as the soldiers set up⑧ a machine gun. The calm ended. The people began weeping⑨ and begging. One man showed his identification papers to a soldier, but the American simply said，"Sorry." Then the shooting⑩ started. Chuc was wounded in the leg⑪ and almost unconscious⑫， but he was covered by a pile⑬ of dead bodies and thus saved. After waiting an hour, he fled⑭ the village.

　　(Adapted from My Lai by Seymour Hersh)

　　①forty­eight­year­old是由"num.＋n.＋adj."构成的复合形容词，常作前置定语。

　　②whose two daughters and an aunt是whose引导的定语从句，修饰farmer。

　　③be doing ... when是固定句式，意为"正在做......这时......"。

　　④together with ...与......一起

　　⑤march vt.使同行，强迫(某人)一起走

　　⑥have no reason to do sth.没有理由做某事

　　⑦in surprise吃惊地，惊奇地

　　⑧set up竖起，架设；建设，建立(建筑物、组织、机构等)

　　⑨weep/wiːp/vt. & vi.哭泣，流泪

　　⑩shoot/ʃuːt/vt. & vi.射击

　　⑪wound sb. in the leg伤了某人的腿

　　leg前用the，不用one's。

　　⑫unconscious/ʌn'kɒnʃəs/adj.失去知觉的

　　⑬pile/paIl/n.堆

　　a pile of ...一堆......

⑭flee vt. & vi.逃离