Poke hushed sergeant up and they went looking for stones and bricks and cinderblocks . if they were going to have a little war , they ' d best be armed.

普克命令‘警长’闭嘴，他们开始四下寻找石头、砖块和煤块。如果他们要打一场小小的战斗，那最好先把自己武装到牙齿。

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So that there seems a little fear, lest should there be another war!

所以人们似乎有点害怕，唯恐再发生一场战争！

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But every time an attempt at Arab-Israeli peacemaking fails, as Barack Obama's did shortly before Christmas, the peace becomes a little more fragile and the danger of war increases.

但是，每一次阿拉伯和以色列的和平尝试失败，就像奥巴马的圣诞节前不久所做的，让和平变得越来越不现实，战争的危险日益增加一样。

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Why did they become so famous? The story of these famous men began a little before the American Civil War of the eighteen sixties.

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I'm oversimplifying a little bit but between wars the rate tends to come down because people think, well the war is over.

我说得有点过于笼统了,但在战争期间，税率走势却有所下降,因为人们都觉得战争结束了。

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because at one of the sites, the professor kind of finds out a little bit more about his mother, what her experiences were, especially during the War.

因为教授在其中一处,详细介绍了他母亲的经历，尤其是她在战时的经历。

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Some European governments feel that their support for a war with little popular backing may have been taken too much for granted by America.

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But when Spielberg does the story realistically, with scenes of butchery and mud, it seems trivial, even a little daft: the war stops, the armies and the trenches and the hospitals are stilled, so that the boy and the animal can find each other.

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