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Original text of this issue
Article source:CNN
US Navy punishes more than 20 sailors over fire that destroyed warship
The US Navy punished more than 20 sailors for the four-day fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard as the amphib ious warship sat at port in San Diego in July 2020, the Navy announced Friday.
Original translation
The U.S. Navy punished more than 20 sailors for the fire on the warship
The U.S. Navy announced on Friday that in July 2020, the U.S. amphibious warship " Bonhome Richard" ("USS Bonhome Richard") The U.S. Navy has punished more than 20 sailors after a four-day fire destroyed the ship while it was anchored in San Diego harbor.
expression accumulation
navy: [ˈneɪvi] navy. The word comes from nau, meaning "ship". For example, astronaut means astronaut, astro means "star", and naut means a person who rides a ship. People who travel to and from the stars by ship are astronauts. The difference between nav and nau is only the difference between v and u. We know that V and U are difficult to distinguish, and it is easy to spell them interchangeably. This is the common spelling in English and the fake . The so-called Tongjia is actually a typo. In the early days, there was no printing technology. The spread of words mainly relied on handwriting. In the process of handwriting, it is easy to make mistakes. For example, it is easy to mix the lowercase g and y. These false phenomena will be discussed in more depth when we encounter specific words in the future.
amphibious: [æmˈfɪbiəs] amphibious. amphi means "both sides", having two characteristics, especially amphibious.
Bonhomme Richard: Bonhomme Richard. This is French, where bon means good. For example, the C’est bon mineral water we often drink has C’est bon written on the bottle. That is, "It's good".
port: [pɔːt] Port. Don’t forget, the word essentially means “port,” not port.
July：[dʒuˈlaɪ] July. July comes from ancient Roman ruler Julius Caesar. After his death, people named his name Julius as July, which later evolved into July.
announce: [əˈnaʊns] Announce. Nounc is the root word that means "to shout", and an is a variation of ad, which means direction, shouting towards people, that is, announcing.
Friday: [ˈfraɪdeɪ] Friday. is easy to remember. Let’s get to know someone first: Frigg. Frigg is the goddess of love in Norse mythology, equivalent to Venus "Venus" in Roman mythology. Wednesday and Thursday were named after Frigg's husband and son respectively, and as a consolation, Friday was named after Frigg.
