-It's true. The English ships are moving up from the south. I don't know about the Welsh yet， but the Irish have landed. I had to see it with me own eyes before I could believe it.

-What the hell are the Irish doing fighting with the English?

-I wouldn't worry about them. Didn't I tell you before, it's my island.

——Braveheart

-是真的！英格蘭的運兵船從南邊開過來了！威爾士那邊的情況我還不知道，不過愛爾蘭軍隊已經(jīng)登陸了！真是不敢相信！

-愛爾蘭人為什么他媽的要替英格蘭人賣命呢？

-不用擔(dān)心他們。我不是告訴過你們嗎？那是我的島國。

——《勇敢的心》

一、關(guān)于fighting，你應(yīng)該知道的用法有

adj.

1.戰(zhàn)斗的，作戰(zhàn)用的，適于格斗的?combating, utilized for fight

All of us must be activists, if we are to give this world a fighting chance.

如果我們想給這個世界一個戰(zhàn)斗的機(jī)會，我們所有人都要做社會活動家。

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2.好戰(zhàn)的?combative, battling, warring, brawling

He strutted about the street like a gaudy fighting cock.

他在街上大搖大擺地走，像一只絢麗好斗的公雞。

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n.

3.戰(zhàn)斗，搏斗?combat, struggle

Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.

經(jīng)過兩星期的平靜以后，地面戰(zhàn)斗又突然爆發(fā)了。

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二、下面我們來學(xué)習(xí)一下含有fighting的常見短語

fighting cock

好斗的公雞； 愛鬧事、好吵架的人

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三、接下來，做個填詞游戲吧

They were ? ? ? ? ? ??in order to preserve their independence.

他們?yōu)榱司S護(hù)他們的獨立而斗爭。