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……。
I believe you know that we are going to take two or three of our tankers off the Persian Gulf run, either this year of next.
我想你知道的，本公司将于今年或明年，取消两三艘油轮在波斯湾航线之行驶。
An ancient Persian unit of distance, usually estimated at3.5 miles(5.6 kilometers).
巴拉尚古波斯的一种长度单位，通常等于3。5英里（5。6公里）
