布什总统发表声明，要求伊拉克必须从科威特大规模撤军。

　　588. It was by noon, Washington time, on February 23.

　　时间是华盛顿时间2月23日中午之前。

　　589. That just meant to announce when the Allied Troops would attack.

　　这等于宣布了多国部队何时发动进攻。

　　590. Just before dawn on February 24, the whole horizon suddenly began flashing.

　　2月24日黎明前，整个地平线开始闪闪发光。

　　591. Moments later, shells began screaming and exploding among the Iraqi positions.

　　不一会儿，炮弹呼啸着划破天空，在伊军阵地爆炸开花。

　　592. Meanwhile, the waves of 50 to 100 planes took off.

　　与此同时，50至100架飞机分波次起飞。

　　593. They repeatedly dove and added their bombs to the enemy positions.

　　他们轮番俯冲轰炸敌阵地。

　　594. It was the most massive artillery barrage and air strike.

　　这是最为猛烈的炮火拦截和空袭。

　　595. The Iraqi soldiers had never experienced such disasters.

　　伊军从未经历过这样的灾难。

　　596. February 27 was the fourth day of the ground attack.

　　2月27日是地面攻击的第四天。

　　597. The Allied Troops with 800 tanks encircled 250 to 300 tanks of Iraq.

　　多国部队以800辆坦克包围了伊军250到300辆坦克。

　　598. After the fierce attacks of helicopters and artillery, the Iraqis were completely destroyed.

　　经过直升机和大炮的猛烈轰炸，伊军全部被摧毁。

　　599. At the same time, the Arab troops drove into Kuwait City.

　　同时，阿拉伯军队攻入科威特城。

　　600. Thus, the Iraqi troops crumbled on all fronts

　　至此，伊军全线崩溃。

　　601. In the War, the Allied Troops were nearly 700,000 and the Iraqi troops 620,000.

　　战争中，多国部队投入了70万人，伊拉克投入了62万人。

　　602. The casualty of the Iraqi troops was more than 85,000.

　　伊军的伤亡人数达8.5万之多。

　　603. The losses of the Allied Troops were astonishingly light.

　　多国部队伤亡意外轻微。

　　604. For the Americans, there were only 79 killed and 213 wounded.

　　美军只有79人死亡，213受伤。

　　Words and Expressions单词和短语

　　horizon n. 地平线

　　scream vi. 发出尖锐叫声

　　explode vi. 爆炸

　　repeatedly ad. 再三，多次地

　　dive vi. 俯冲

　　barrage n. 火力网；阻拦

　　encircle vt. 包围

　　crumble vi. 崩溃，瓦解

　　casualty n. 伤亡

　　Astonishingly ad. 惊人地

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