It was billed as "the mother of all parades." And the organizers had promised that12 million pounds of confetti, a million yellow ribbons and6, 000 tons of ticker tape would be dropped on the veterans returning from the Persian Gulf war….
它被秒为“一切游行之母”。主办间单位承诺将投掷1200万磅彩色碎纸, 100万条黄丝带, 还有6000吨白色纸条[欢迎]自波斯湾战争归来的战士……。
The drill sergeant took the men on a ten-mile march and they were all ready to drop by the time they got back to barracks.
那个教官带领士兵们作了10英里的行军, 结果他们回到军营时全都累得快要趴下了。
The class has dropped below ten students this year.
今年这个班的学生降到了10人以下。
