關於當兵愛國的英語美文

　　當兵苦，當兵累，當兵要奉獻血和淚。為祖國為人民，一腔熱血去參軍，光榮的軍人為和平，保家衛國我能行。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

　　篇一

　　American veterans

　　美國退役士兵

　　A hard homecoming

　　歸途漫漫

　　Budget battles and a stagnant economy greet America’s soldiers as they return from Iraq andAfghanistan

　　美國士兵從戰火紛飛的伊拉克和阿富汗回到家鄉後，迎接他們的是對預算案的爭吵和停滯不前的經濟

　　BRETT QUINZON did two tours in Iraq before leaving active duty in May. Originally fromMinnesota, Mr Quinzon now lives in Thomaston, a small town around 65 miles south of Atlanta.A grey December morning found him filling out forms in Atlanta’s large veterans’ hospital,seeking treatment for depression. Since returning from Iraq, he says he has “more angerissues”, and finds himself “more watchful and on-guard in public situations” than he was beforehe deployed. That is not unusual: many soldiers return from the battlefield with psychologicalscars. Between January and May, as he prepared to leave active duty, Mr Quinzon applied forhundreds of jobs. The search proved difficult: like many veterans, he enlisted right after high-school, and lacks a college degree. But persistence paid off. He is now an apprentice at aheating and air-conditioning company, and is being trained as a heavy-equipment operator.

　　佈雷特.昆士昂在今年5月退役前，曾先後兩次赴伊作戰。現在，他從老家明尼蘇達搬到了離亞特蘭大南部65公里的小鎮托馬斯頓居住。本月中的一天早晨，天空陰沉灰暗，有人在亞特蘭大一家大型退伍士兵醫院中看到了昆士昂的身影。當時他正在填寫表格，因心理抑鬱前來尋求治療。從硝煙瀰漫的伊拉克回到美國後，他覺得自己變得“容易暴躁”，並發現在公共場合中，變得警惕，拘謹得多。出現這樣的問題並不意外，許多從戰場上歸來的退役士兵心理上都有陰影。今年1月到5月，在昆士昂準備退役期間，曾寄出了數百封求職信。像許多退伍老兵一樣，他高中一畢業就參軍入伍，沒有大學文憑。所以對他而言，求職的過程顯得艱難異常，但不懈的堅持終於換來了回報。現在，他正在一家冷熱裝置製造公司實習，崗位是重型機械操作員。

　　Not all recent veterans are so lucky. Around 800,000 veterans are jobless, 1.4m live below thepoverty line, and one in every three homeless adult men in America is a veteran. Though theoverall unemployment rate among America’s 21m veterans in November ***7.4%*** was lowerthan the national rate ***8.6%***, for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan it was 11.1%. And forveterans between the ages of 18 and 24, it was a staggering 37.9%, up from 30.4% just amonth earlier.

　　不是所有最近退役的士兵都像昆士昂那樣幸運，能找到份工作。目前在美國，大約八十萬退伍兵處於失業狀態;生活在貧困線以下的退役士兵有一百四十萬人;每三個成年無家可歸者中就有一個是退伍兵。在十一月的調查中發現，在美國兩千一百萬退伍兵裡，總失業率為7.4%。這一比例確實要比全國失業率的8.6%要低。但從伊拉克和阿富汗戰場上回到國內的退役士兵，失業率卻為11.1%。而年齡在18到24歲的退役士兵，失業率已從10月的30.4%激增到11月的37.9%。

　　If demography is indeed destiny, perhaps this figure should not be surprising. More soldiersare male than female, and the male jobless rate exceeds women’s. Since so many soldiers lack acollege degree, the fact that the recession has been particularly hard on the less educated hitsveterans disproportionately. Large numbers of young veterans work—or worked—in strickenindustries such as manufacturing and construction. Whatever the cause, this bleak trend isoccurring as the last American troops leave Iraq at the end of this year, and as more than 1mnew veterans are expected to join the civilian labour force over the next four years.

　　如果說年齡結構決定失業率高低的話，大概下面的數字應該不會讓人驚奇。男性士兵的人數要大於女性士兵的人數。理所當然，男性退伍士兵的失業率也要比女性退伍士兵高。因為許多士兵並未獲得過大學文憑，事實上，經濟衰退對受教育程度較差的士兵打擊非常大。很大一部分年輕的退伍士兵，現在或曾經在受到了嚴重的衝擊的領域，如製造業和建築業中工作。無論原因為何，受教育越少，在經濟衰退中受打擊越大，這一形勢將伴隨著最後一批美國參戰士兵在今年年底離開伊拉克，回到美國。未來四年間，將有超過一百萬的新退伍士兵將湧入民政勞動力市場。

　　And of course it is also occurring in fiscally straitened times, though it looks as though this willaffect veterans’ services less than other parts of the federal government. Though there havebeen some small fee increases for veterans covered by Tricare, the military health-insuranceprogramme, significant cuts to veterans’ benefits are unlikely, and for good reason. Militarypay is far from generous, and the benefits are comprehensive but hardly gold-plated or easyto navigate. Not for nothing is a popular online forum for veterans wending their way throughthe bureaucracy of the Department of Veterans Affairs ***VA*** called HadIt.

　　儘管看上去預算緊缺對聯邦政府其它專案的影響要大於對退役士兵所享服務的影響，但隨著大量勞動力的湧入，伴隨而來的還有預算緊張。雖然對於加入軍隊健康保險計劃Tricare的退役士兵來，支付費用有小幅上調，但大幅削減退伍士兵的待遇是不可能的。說起來軍隊待遇遠說不上慷慨，各種津貼林林總總，但數額都不大，得到也絕非易事。為津貼是一個熱門線上論壇，幫助退役士兵如何在退伍士兵事務部***簡稱VA***辦理各項事宜。該網站叫HadIt***受夠了***不是沒有原因的。

　　篇二

　　美國青年參軍熱潮

　　Many countries require young men to serve in the armed forces. But in the United States, military service is voluntary. And joining the U.S. military is not an easy process.

　　Staff Sergeant Terrelle Thomas joined the Air Force nine years ago. He now works as a military recruiter in Woodbridge, Virginia.

　　His job is to get volunteers to join the U.S. armed forces.

　　"At the time I was going to school, I was paying for, for school out of my pocket. And I was like 'Man, this is tough,' and I was staying home with my parents. I was like, ‘I don't know if I like this as much anymore.' So I went in, talked to a recruiter. He was cool. He broke it down for me, and next thing you know, I'm in..."

　　Benjamin Spahr volunteered for the military. He says other members of his family have served in the armed forces.

　　"My mother was enlisted in the Air National Guard and my father was an officer in the Air Force. So I was accustomed to that lifestyle from a young age moving around..."

　　The armed forces pays its members to attend school, both while they are on active duty and after they leave the military. But not everyone can join the armed forces. There are age limits and volunteers must be successful at mental and physical tests. They must also not be abusing alcohol or taking other drugs.

　　Training for new recruits is difficult and intense. The recruits must be strong and in good health.

　　An increasing number of women are joining the military. Madison Foote is one of them.

　　"Its just the pushups I'm worried about. I'm not very good at pushups. But I think I can do everything else..."

　　Some Americans volunteer for the armed forces, even when their parents object. The parents are worried about their children because the military deploys troops to many dangerous areas throughout the world.

　　Oludare Ogunmadewa is a new recruit. He says not everyone in his family supports his decision to enlist in the military.

　　"My parents are worried, my whole family is worried as well, but it's a risk I feel is necessary for myself -- more for my children, to secure their future."

　　The United States ended forced enlistment in 1973, during the Vietnam War. Now, recruits voluntarily sign an agreement to stay in the military for three to six years, depending on their chosen job.

　　Some volunteers choose to stay longer. Staff Sergeant Thomas says that is because they discover that serving in the military is unlike any other job they could have.

　　"A lot of veterans that serve their 20, 30 years, the main thing that they talk to me about -- especially when they bring their, their children to the office -- is the camaraderie they establish with the people they met."

　　篇三

　　It is a strongly held belief that kitchen and laundry are for women and wars are for men. Even though women are allowed to join the army in some countries, most of them are far away from the frontier. However, as the application of high technology in the army accelerates, women’s participation in the army becomes not unusual.

　　First and foremost, modern wars tend to be non-contagious with the filtration of science and technology. Thus, the dangers facing women will be reduced considerably. The development of new technology offers numerous opportunities to females because the decisive factor of modern wars is technology, not physique. Most women, just like their counterpart, have received higher education and mastered high technology. They have neither physical barrier nor technical obstacle to serve in the army.

　　What’s more, some jobs can be better done by females rather than men in the army. For instance, many doctors and nurses in the field hospitals are females. Injury and death are inevitable in the battlefield. In that case, females usually shoulder the responsibility to render medical service to the wounded since they are more patient and careful than males. The wounded soldiers can receive good medical care and recover soon.

　　Last but not least, women played very important role in wars in history. Women enjoy much more advantages over males. For instance, females are calm when they meet with urgency. Their contributions in the wartime are notable.

　　In brief, the role women soldiers play in the war cannot be underestimated. Women should be encouraged to join the army in modern time. For one thing, it is beneficial to the army; for another, females can become more brave and respectable.