老兵

A while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Moline, Illinois.

前不久，我在伊利诺斯州东莫林市的外战老兵俱乐部里遇到一个叫沙莫斯的年轻人。

A whileback, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in EastMoline, Illinois.

前不久，我在伊利诺斯州东莫林市的外战老兵俱乐部里遇到一个叫沙莫斯的年轻人。

A while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Moline, Illinois. He was a good-looking kid, six-two or six-three, clear-eyed, with an easy smile.

前不久，在伊利诺伊州东莫林市的外战老兵俱乐部里，我偶遇一个年轻人，他叫沙莫斯，身高足有2米，相貌英俊，目光清澈，笑容可掬。

Awhile back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in EastMoline, Illinois. He was a good-looking kid, six-two or six-three,clear-eyed, with an easy smile.

前不久，在伊利诺伊州东莫林市的外战老兵俱乐部里，我偶遇一个年轻人，他叫沙莫斯，身高足有2米，相貌英俊，目光清澈，笑容可掬。

Turks have joined the fight against Russia in Chechnya, and German-born veterans may now be helping to radicalise Muslims at home.

土耳其人在车臣加入了反抗俄罗斯的斗争，而出生在德国的老兵们则有可能正在国内促使穆斯林主义者变得激进。

The already poor roads were churned into quagmires by military vehicles; veterans speak of the mud as knee-deep and insist that it is true.

本已破烂不堪的道路又遭军用车辆碾压得形同泥沼，老兵们大谈泥浆深没膝盖，并坚称确有其事。

During his time in office, Peter Kinder has led the fight for veterans' issues· As President Pro Tem of the Senate, he chaired an interim committee that studied subsidizing veterans' homes and providing assistance to Missouri troops returning home from combat in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the world· In 2005, Lt· Governor Kinder proposed and helped to pass the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund, which benefits family members of the Missouri National Guard and Reserves personnel who have been called to active duty

在他担任临时参议院主席期间，他担任过渡委员会主席，负责对退伍老兵家庭提供补贴并为从阿富汗，伊拉克和世界其他地区回到家乡的密苏里籍士兵提供帮助。2005年，金得尔先生提出并帮助设立密苏里军人家庭帮扶资金，使密苏里州军人和预备役人员家庭从中获益。

So what is going on, have the "oldsters" found the fountain of youth?

到底怎么回事，老兵们难道都找到了返老还童的灵泉？

I would have picked San Antonio to beat Portland or Houston in a series, even without Ginobili, because I believe in the Spurs' veteran know-how that much, especially against playoff neophytes.

我会选择马刺在系列赛中击败火箭或开拓者，即便吉诺比利无法上场，因为我相信马刺老兵们的经验，特别是他们在面对季后赛新兵时。

Senior officer was Major John N. McLaughlin, 32, Emory University 1941, an assistant division G-3 and a well-decorated veteran who had fought with the 5th Marines at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu in World War II.

现场的最高军官是32岁的约翰·N·麦克劳林少校，艾莫利大学1941年的毕业生，他是师作战参谋的一名助理军官和一名有很多荣耀的老兵，曾经跟随陆战5团参加过第二次世界大战中瓜达康纳尔岛、格洛斯特海岬、以及帕劳的战斗。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。