Lesson 9-2????? Royal espionage
Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney. The force there assembled was trivial compared with the Danish horde. But Alfred had deduced that the Danes were no longer fit for prolonged battle: and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids.
So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy. He was constantly on the move, drawing the Danes after him. His patrols halted the raiding parties: hunger assailed the Danish army. Now Alfred began along series of skirmishes -- and within a month the Danes had surrendered. The episode could reasonably serve as a unique epic of royal espionage!
force?/f??rs/??武裝部隊(duì)规求、兵力
assemble?/??sembl/? 集合懈万、組裝;裝配;收集;
trivial??/?tr?vi?l/??微不足道的;不重要的
horde??/h??rd/??部落;一大群人
prolonged??/pr??l???d/??長(zhǎng)期的;持久的
be fit for? 適宜于
commissariat? /?kɑ?m??seri?t/? 軍需供應(yīng)
irregular?/??reɡj?l?r/?不規(guī)則的;無(wú)規(guī)律的;紊亂的;
harry??/?h?ri/??不斷襲擊;反復(fù)進(jìn)攻狐蜕、騷擾
patrol?/p??tro?l/?巡邏;巡邏隊(duì);
halt? /h??lt/?使停止前進(jìn)，使停止具则，
assail??/??se?l/??攻擊;襲擊;
skirmish?/?sk??rm??/??小沖突;小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗
surrender?/s??rend?r/??投降;(被迫)放棄，交出
episode??/?ep?so?d/??一段經(jīng)歷骂租、一個(gè)事件
epic?/?ep?k/?史詩(shī);敘事詩(shī);壯舉
