【6月4日】看軍聞學英語

青年日報社
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原文：

Health care workers, first responders and other essential employees working on the front lines of the coronavirus fight in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were greeted with a booming 'Thank You' early afternoon on April 28, 2020.

The U.S. military's elite flight demonstration squadrons-the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds-flew in what is being called 'a collaborative salute' to honor those battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

A total of 12 fighter jets, six of the Air Force's F-16C/D Fighting Falcons and half a dozen F-18 C/D Hornets-streaked over New York City and Newark starting at noon ET, before heading to Trenton, N.J., and Philadelphia.

中譯：

在紐約、紐澤西和賓州等3地，致力於對抗新型冠狀病毒的前線醫護、急救人員及其他重要員工，在2020年4月28日午後，接受到響徹雲霄的感謝與問候。

海軍「藍天使」及空軍「雷鳥」，這2支美軍精英飛行表演中隊，以「協力致敬」飛行編隊，向這群與新冠肺炎疫情抗戰的人員表達敬意。

由6架空軍F-16C/D「獵鷹」及6架F-18 C/D「大黃蜂」，所組成的12架噴射戰機隊，在美東正午時刻，疾速飛越紐約市及紐華克市，續向紐澤西州首府特倫頓及費城前進。

－關鍵軍語－

※front line:

The forward positions of the military at the front.

※squadron:

The basic administrative aviation unit of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.

例句：

The Black Cat Squadron, formally the 35th Squadron of the Republic of China Air Force, was formed in 1961.

「黑貓中隊」成立於1961年，其正式名稱為中華民國空軍第35中隊。