soldier简单

(50) The intense focus on scientific literacy in the United States originally grew out of the critical role of science and technology during World War II, as well as the perceived deficiencies of American soldiers.

(50) 美国对科学素养的高度关注最初源于科学技术在第二次世界大战期间的关键作用，以及人们所察觉到的美国士兵的不足。

This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, [but] an average guy, up [against] the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.

他不是志愿兵，也不是报酬丰厚的人，而是一个普通人，却要对抗几百年来训练最精良、装备最好、最凶猛、最残暴的敌人。

G.I. is just a military abbreviation [meaning] Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles [handed out] to soldiers.

G.I. 只是一个军事缩写，意思是“政府配发”，发给士兵的所有物品上都印着它。

Some of the soldiers Pyle [interviewed] portrayed themselves in the film.

派尔采访过的一些士兵在影片中本色出演了自己。

Pyle was famous for covering the [human] side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were [gained] or what towns were captured or liberated.

派尔以报道战争中人性的一面而闻名，他书写的是在泥土、雪地和泥泞中摸爬滚打的士兵，而不是攻占了多少英里土地，或是哪些城镇被攻克、被解放。

Both men [emphasized] the dirt and exhaustion of war, the [fragments] of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep.

两人都着力刻画战争的肮脏与疲惫，以及士兵们彼此之间、与平民之间分享的文明碎片：咖啡、烟草、威士忌、栖身之所和睡眠。