The Red Bandge of Courage
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Today I visited a meeting of the English-Book club. It was organized by BKC-school. It was free and you didn't have to be a pupil of this school to attend. The meeting was held in a café in Moscow. The discussion is on the book "The Red Bandge of Courage" by S. Crane. It's a real story about the Civil War in the USA. It was a war between the South and the North, between the Confederacy and the Union. The story is not about great battles, generals of the Armies, or Linkoln. It is about a Union soldier who went to the war as a volunteer. He was very naive and proud of himself before going to the war. He wanted to show off to those people who stayed home. He had realised very soon that war wasn't romantic and he began to have doubts about himself in his first battle. Henry understoond that he could run away from the battlefield. The main part of the book concerns this moral problem. When the first battle started, Henry left his position. Afterward he tried to justify himself. He didn't feel shame or guilt, but he was frightened by the thought that his friends might know about his cowardice. Accidentally, Henry got a wound on his head. So, other soldiers didn't ask him any questions about his absence during the battle. Actually, he became a brave soldier in the subsequent battles. We can say that the ending is positive.
When I read this book I was surpriesed that officers didn't punish deserters severely. When officers saw soldiers running away, they only beat those soldiers. There weren't any prison or military courts for them in the USA Army. I recalled Stalin's order during the battle of Stalingrad: "Let no one step back" and ordered officers to kill retreating soldiers. It's a cruel and disgusting episode in our history. Sometimes we must think and remember old mistakes to prevent new ones.
When I read this book I was surpriesed that officers didn't punish deserters severely. When officers saw soldiers running away, they only beat those soldiers. There weren't any prison or military courts for them in the USA Army. I recalled Stalin's order during the battle of Stalingrad: "Let no one step back" and ordered officers to kill retreating soldiers. It's a cruel and disgusting episode in our history. Sometimes we must think and remember old mistakes to prevent new ones.
Today I visited a meeting of the English-Book club.
It was free and you didn't have to be a pupil of this school to attend.
The meeting was held in a café in Moscow.
The discussion is on the book "The Red Bandge of Courage" by S. Crane.
It's a real (?) story about the Civil War in the USA.
It was a war between the South and the North, between the Confederacy and the Union.
The story is not about great battles, generals of the Armies, or Linkoln.
It is about a Union soldier who went to the war as a volunteer.
He was very naive and proud of himself before going to the war.
He wanted to show off to those people who stayed home.
He had realised very soon that war wasn't romantic and he began to have doubts about himself in his first battle.
Henry understoond that he could run away from the battlefield.
The main part of the book concerns this moral problem.
When the first battle started, Henry left his position. Afterward he tried to justify himself.
He didn't feel shame or guilt, but he was frightened by the thought that his friends might know about his cowardice.
Accidentally, Henry got a wound on his head. So, other soldiers didn't ask him any questions about his absence during the battle.
Actually, he became a brave soldier in the subsequent battles. We can say that the ending is positive.
When I read this book I was surpriesed that officers didn't punish deserters severely.
When officers saw soldiers running away, they only beat those soldiers.
I recalled Stalin's order during the battle of Stalingrad: "Let no one step back" and ordered officers to kill retreating soldiers.
It's a cruel and disgusting episode in our history.
Sometimes we must think and remember old mistakes to prevent new ones.
The Red Bandage of Courage
Today I visited a book-english an English book club.
It was free and you didn't have to be a pupil student at this school.
student не обязательно студент. употребляется также и к школьникам в значении "ученик", универсальное слово короче. pupil вообще редко встречается.
The meeting was took place in one a Moscow's cafe.
one в английском исользуется только в роли числительного. если хотите сказать "в одном кафе" используйте артикль "a", который при переводе и будет обозначать "некий", "какой-то".
The discussion is was related to the a book called "The Red Bandage of Courage" by S.
здесь вы книгу упоминаете в первый раз, поэтому "a"
It's a realistic story about the Civil War in the USA.
It was a war between the South and the North, between the Confederacy and the Union.
The story isn't about the great battles, or Generals of the Armies army generals or Linkoln.
It's about one (a) Union soldier, who went to the war as a volunteer.
здесь "one" прокатит, но можно и "а", в зависимости от того, на что хотите сделать акцент: на то, что он был один или на то, что он был неизвестный, "некий" солдат.
He was used to be very naive before the war, very proud of himself.
used to be подходит больше, потому что говорится о действии, начавшемся, длившемся и окончившемся в прошлом, и даже указан момент его окончания. had been тоже пойдет. и избегайте громоздких конструкций, "he was" дважды в одном коротеньком предложении совсем ни к чему.
He wanted to have power and influence to over those (people) who stayed home.
можно и без people, так короче и звучит естественнее.
He had realised very soon realized that the war wasn't romantic and he began to feel have doubts (to doubt) about his first battle.
Henry understoond knew that he could run away from the place of battle battlefield.
understand это если ему ктото долго объяснял а потом он понял. если вы пытаетесь сказать "он понимал что мог убежать", используйте knew.
When the first battle started Henry left his position, and all the time after this action he was trying to justify himself.
He didn't feel shame or guilt, but he was frightened that his friends would know find out about this cowardice.
know- знать, понимать
find out- узнавать
Accidentally Henry got accidentally a wounded on his in the head, so other soldiers didn't ask him any questions about his absence in at the battle.
Actually, he became a brave soldier in the next following battles and so we can you could say that the end is was positive.
When I read this book I was surpriesed that officers didn't punish deserters.
Officers would see saw running their soldiers running and would only beat them.
с точки зрения грамматики все верно, просто так по-моему звучит лучше.
There weren't any prisons or military courts for them in the USA Army.
I thougt about Stalin's law in at the Stalingrad's Battle of Stalingrad: "No one steps back" and how officers would killed running soldiers.
It's a cruel and disgusting episode in of our history.
Sometimes we must should think about it and remember old mistakes to prevent new ones.
must это уж слишком принудительно, как будто собираетесь сурово наказывать тех кто не будет думать:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad
ЗА сталинград было бы a battle FOR stalingrad, т.е. битва ДЛЯ (того чтобы получить) сталинград.
предлог of в некоторых случаях означает принадлeжность. people of the village, time of the year etc.
битва сталинграда=сталинградская битва.
спасибо за все комментарии. помогло!