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A、She sketched pictures of battle scenes. B、She fired a cannon during battle. C、She brought pitchers of water to soldiers. D、She
A、She sketched pictures of battle scenes. B、She fired a cannon during battle. C、She brought pitchers of water to soldiers. D、She
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2015-07-16
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Last week we talked about Anne Bradstreet and role of women in the Puritan colonies. Today I want to talk about some other women who’ve contributed to American history—some famous and some not-so-famous. The first woman I’d like to talk about is Molly Pitcher. Those of you who are familiar with the name may know her as a hero of the American Revo ution. But, in fact, there never was a woman named Molly Pitcher. Her real name was actually Mary Ludwig Hays. She got the nickname Molly Pitcher for her acts of bravery during the Revolutionary War.
As the story goes, when Mary’s—or Molly’s—husband, John Hays, enlisted in the artillery, Mary followed like many other wives did. She helped out doing washing and cooking for the soldiers. She was known to be a pretty unusual woman—she smoked a pipe and chewed tobacco.
Anyway in the summer of 1778, at the Battle of Monmouth, it was a blistering 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. Instead, she ran through gunshots and cannon fire carrying water in pitchers from a small stream out to the thirsty American soldiers. The relief that she brought with her pitchers of water gave her the legendary nickname Molly Pitcher. The story also says that she continued to load and fire her husband’s cannon after he was wounded. They say she was so well liked by the other soldiers that they called her "Sergeant Molly". In fact, legend has it that George Washington himself gave her the special military title.
5. This talk is part of a series on what subject?
6. Why was Mary at the Battle of Monmouth?
7. Why was Mary considered an unusual woman?
8. How did Mary Hays earn her nickname?
选项
A、She sketched pictures of battle scenes.
B、She fired a cannon during battle.
C、She brought pitchers of water to soldiers.
D、She did washing for the soldiers.
答案
C
解析
“pitcher”的意思是“大水罐”。在一次战争中,许多美国士兵因为口渴而死掉了,Mary冒着炮火,用水罐从一条小溪里来回地送水给士兵们,后来人们就给她起了一个绰号“Molly Pitcher”。考生如果在听这段故事时能把握thirst和thirsty这两个词,就不难锁定正确答案C。
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