来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第18集 第18集》

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  to some extent, its tactics--
  某种程度讲 战术策略
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  although that's one of the reasons,
  虽说这只是伤亡的原因之一
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  of course, casualties in this war were so ghastly
  当然战争中的伤亡非常惨重
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  because they were fighting with much more modern weapons,
  因为他们用更先进的武器去战斗
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  repeating rifles and of course
  连发步枪
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  the rifled musket that could actually hit something at 800 yards
  步枪的射程能够达到八百码[731米]
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  and it could be deadly at 2 to 300 yards.
  而在两三百码[180-270米]间是致命的
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  Think of that, 2 to 300 yards.
  想想看 两三百码
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  You could hit something and see it.
  你可以试试看效果
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  But they were fighting with old tactics,
  可他们却用老方法作战
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  line upon line, shoulder to shoulder, double ranks.
  手挽手肩并肩两排战线
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  If the front of the rank fell,
  如果第一排倒下了