英語閱讀Life in the Army

　　Life in the Army

　　Lesson61 Life in the Army

　　Sam and Jack often talk about their days in the army.It was a hard life.The men had to get up early in the morning and do a lot of physical labour.They had to learn how to use a gun,and they had to march at least ten miles a day.There wasn't much entertainment;they had to do without television or radio.The only form of recreation they had was sports.

　　They only made about $40 a month,so they didn't have to worry about where to spend their money.Fortunately,they didn't have to pay any bills since the army paid their expenses.And they didn't have to do their own cooking;the army took care of that,too.In fact,the army took care of everything.The men never had to plan what they were going to do each day since the army did it for them.

　　They had very little freedom in the beginning,but after the first six weeks the situation started to improve.The men didn't have to stay at the base all the time.They could go out on the weekends and see their girlfriends-something Sam and Jack did as often as possible.Jack didn't like being in the army since he didn't like taking orders.But Sam never complained.He thought being in the army was a good experience,and that every man should serve his country．

　　march 行軍，行進

　　recreation 消遣， 娛樂

　　do without 免去……

　　bill 帳單

　　base 基地

　　take order 服從指揮

　　軍營生活

　　薩姆和杰克經(jīng)常談?wù)撍麄冊谲婈犂锏臅r光。那段生活很苦。清晨，他們必須早早地起床，并要做很多體力勞動；他們必須學習如何使用槍，并且每天至少行軍十英里；那里娛樂活動很少，他們不得不過著沒有電視或收音機的生活。唯一的消遣方式是體育運動。

　　他們一個月僅收入40美元，因此也不用考慮把錢花在什么地方。幸運的是，他們不必支付任何賬單，因為軍隊為其開支付費。而且不用自己做飯，軍隊也管飯。事實上，軍隊料理每一件事。軍人們從不用計劃每天該做什么，因為軍隊為他們計劃好了。

　　開始他們的自由很少，但是六周以后，情況有所改善。他們不必時時刻刻呆在基地，周末可以外出和探訪女友——薩姆和杰克盡可能經(jīng)常得到這樣的機會。因為不愿意被人指揮，杰克不喜歡軍營生活。但薩姆從不抱怨。他認為在軍營中的生活是美好的一段經(jīng)歷，而且人人都應(yīng)該為自己的國家服務(wù)。

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