【3月16日】看軍聞學英語

■刀客

原文：

The Marines are known for recruiting some of the most physically fit young people-and now they might be after the brainiest too.

Commandant Gen. David Berger has instructed his staff to look at raising the bar on a test score used to weed out new recruits. In the next six months, the Marine Corps could require all incoming recruits to score at least a 40 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test—a 9-point jump over what's needed to enlist today.

Berger also wants infantry riflemen to hit a General Technical （GT） score of at least 100.

Both test scores are based on how people perform on specific sections of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test （ASVAB）.

中譯：

美國陸戰隊向來以招募體能最強健的青年聞名，現在可能也要以智能高超為首要考量了。

陸戰隊司令伯格上將指示幕僚研議，提高淘汰新兵的測驗成績門檻。未來半年內，陸戰隊可能會要求所有入營新兵達到美軍資格測驗40分的標準，比現行招募入營的標準高出9分。伯格上將也要求，步槍兵要達到通用技能測驗100分的門檻。

這2項成績，就是受試者在美軍職業性向組合測驗中，特殊專長分類的測驗結果。

-關鍵軍語-

※GT:

A test to measure word knowledge, paragraph comprehension and arithmetic reasoning.

※ASVAB:

A multiple-choice test that helps identify which Military Occupational Specialties would be best for an individual.

例句：

ASVAB is meant to measure a person's strengths and potential for success in military training.

美軍職業性向組合測驗，旨在衡量受試者的能力，以及是否具備完成軍事訓練的潛能。