作者：杜牧（唐）

Zhé jǐ chén shā tiě wèi xiāo,
折戟沉沙铁未销，

zì jiāng móxǐ rèn qiáncháo.
自将磨洗认前朝。

Dōngfēng bù yǔ Zhōuláng biàn,
东风不与周郎便，

Tóngquè chūn shēn suǒ Er Qiáo.
铜雀春深锁二乔。

统帅：(tǒngshuài)n.    commander 全军覆没：(quánjūnfùmò)  The whole army was completely wiped out. 享乐：(xiǎnglè)v.  indulge in creature conforts 戟：(jǐ)n.  halberd 销蚀：(xiāoshí)v.  corrode

遗物：(yíwù)n.  relic

        "赤壁"是一个古战场，在现在的湖北省赤壁市。三国时期刘备和孙权联军抗击曹操的著名战役——赤壁之战就发生在这里。"周郎"就是东吴的军事统帅周瑜。在赤壁之战中，他借助东风的风势将曹操军队的战船烧得全军覆没。"二乔"指的是东吴前国君孙策的夫人大乔和周瑜的夫人小乔，据说她们是汉朝末年名臣乔玄的两个女儿，是当时著名的两位美女。"铜雀"指的是铜雀台，是曹操建的一座楼台，也是他晚年享乐之处。
        沉没在泥沙中的断戟还没有被销蚀掉，我将它拿来清洗打磨，才辨认出这是前朝赤壁战役的遗物。我不禁想到，当年要不是东风给了周瑜方便的话，恐怕"二乔"这两位美女一定会被深锁在铜雀台里供曹操享乐了。
        这是一首怀古的诗。诗人被赤壁古战场的遗址与遗物触动，对三国时代的英雄成败发出了慨叹。

"赤壁(Chìbì)" is an ancient battlefield in modern day Chibi City, Hubei Province. In the time of the Three Kingdoms, the allied forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan attacked Cao Cao in a very famous war—the war of Chibi which took place at this location. "周郎(Zhōuláng)" is the Eastern Wu commander Zhou Yu. During this war, with the help of a strong east wind he was able to burn all of Cao Cao's boats with the army on them. "二乔" refers to two women, Da Qiao, wife of the previousemperor Sun Ce in Eastern Wu, and Xiao Qiao, wife of the current commander Zhou Yu in Eastern Wu. It is said that these two were the daughters of the Minister Qiao Xuan of the late Han Dynasty, and they were two famous and beautiful women of that time. "铜雀(Tóngquè)" refers to a palace built by Cao Cao, and it was the place where he enjoyed his retirement.

Sunken beneath the sand lies a broken halberd which has not yet been corrupted. I take it from there and wash and polish it before I realized it was a valuable relic from the Battle of Chibi in the earlier dynasty. I can't help thinking if the east wind hadn't helped Zhou Yu, perhaps the beautiful women Da Qiao and Er Qiao would have been locked up in the palace of Tong Que and used for Cao Cao's pleasure in his retirement.

This is a poem which reflects the past. The poet was moved by this site of the ancient war and the things left over from that time, so he sighed for the brave heroes of the Three Kingdoms and their victories and defeats.

• province [´prɔvins]   n.省；领域；范围   (初中英语单词)
• allied [´ælaid]   a.联合的；联姻的   (初中英语单词)
• commander [kə´mɑ:ndə]   n.指挥员，司令员   (初中英语单词)
• previous [´pri:viəs]   a.先，前，以前的   (初中英语单词)
• emperor [´empərə]   n.皇帝   (初中英语单词)
• minister [´ministə]   n.部长；大臣 v.伺候   (初中英语单词)
• valuable [´væljuəbəl, -jubəl]   a.有价值的，贵重的   (初中英语单词)
• indulge [in´dʌldʒ]   v.(使)沉迷；沉溺；放任   (高中英语单词)
• location [ləu´keiʃən]   n.定位；位置；地方   (高中英语单词)
• sunken [´sʌŋkən]   sink的过去分词   (高中英语单词)
• dynasty [´dinəsti]   n.王朝；朝代   (英语四级单词)
• retirement [ri´taiəmənt]   n.退休；撤退；幽静处   (英语四级单词)
• polish [´pəuliʃ]   a.波兰(人)的 n.波兰语   (英语四级单词)
• battlefield [´bætlfi:ld]   n.战场   (英语六级单词)