

2008年7月23日
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Last week we talked about Anne Bradstreet and the role of women in the Puritan colonies(人名简写,中间的几个词没听出来). Today I want to talk about some other women who have contributed to American history, some are famous and some are not so famous. The first woman I would like to talk about is Molly Pitcher(MP). Those of you who are familiar with the name may know her as a hero of(in) the American Revolution. But, in fact, there never was a woman named Molly Pitcher(MP). Her real name was actually Mary Ludwig Hays(MLH). She got the(a) nickname Molly Pitcher for her acts of bravery(act bravely) during the Revolutionary War.
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* d* j0 ]5 j8 x$ }! u8 |As the story goes, when Mary's, or Molly's husband, John Hays, enlisted in the artillery(炮兵的总称)(这句话的大致意思知道,但是单个单词没有听清), Mary followed, like many other wives(wifes) did. She helped out doing(during) washing and cooking for the soldiers(sodilers). She was known to be a pretty unusual woman, she smoked a pipe and chewed tobacco.! j% V. Z# D# J/ D8 k# p" `
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Anyway, in the summer of 1778, at the Battle of Monmouth, it was a blistering(酷热的) hot day, maybe over a hundred degrees, and fifty soldiers died of thirst during the battle. Molly wasn't content to stay back at camp(and cample). Instead, she ran(run) through gunshots(gunshoots) and cannon fire carrying water in pitchers(大水罐) from a small stream out to the thirsty American soldiers. The relief that she(连读,没听出来) brought(brough) with her pitchers of water gave her the legendary(传奇) nickname Molly Pitcher. The story also says that she(连读,没听出来) continued to load and fire her husband's(husband) cannon after he was wounded. They say she was so well liked by the soldiers that they call her “sergeant(军士) Molly " In fact, legend has it that George Washington(GW) himself gave her the special military(military) title.5 ~9 V6 j$ p: k1 Y' r8 v
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