英語段落講解：Recall to active duty

若有戰，召發回!

我想，這可能是隻有中國前軍人才會發出的如此鏗鏘有力的豪言壯語：若有戰，召必回!

英語體驗在先：在我們習慣性地問“若有戰，召必回用英語怎麼說?”之前，我們還是先做做英語體驗吧，先進到英語環境中體驗英語，然後考慮其它問題。

我們“體驗”以下英語片段：

MacArthur was recalled to active duty in 1941 as commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East. A series of disasters followed, starting with the destruction of his air forces on 8 December 1941, and the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese. MacArthur's forces were soon compelled to withdraw to Bataan,

或許大家是第一次接觸到英語表達recall to active duty，那麼文中出現的這個was recalled to active duty是什麼“軍事用語/英語”呢?

原來它指的就是：

a retired soldier or a former soldier will return or go back or is called back into active military service before being deployed for combats.

Or we will say after a soldier gets out of the military, the military can mobilize and call him back into active duty or active service

能說出這樣的英語，積累下面的“語料”：

a retired soldier or a former soldier will return or go back or is called back into active military service before being deployed for combats.

就比只會說recall to active duty的口語表達能力強很多了。

你總是說要提高英語口語，你能做到這點嗎?你只會用中文記住短語recall to active duty嗎?

現在換成用中文說，就是退伍軍人的“召回”了。然而，我們需要你具備的，是能說出這“一大串”英語的能力。這也就是將來和人討論“召回”時的“談資”，而不是僅僅知道英語單詞“召回”，然後什麼也不會說了。

我們多少人“學英語”不是這種情況呢?“蹦單詞”，或者說“考詞彙量”還行，“拓展表達”，哪怕就某個topic說上三言兩語，就萬般艱難了：平時他就沒有這方面的“語料”積累啊!“書到用時方恨少”。

MacArthur was recalled to active duty in 1941 as commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East. A series of disasters followed, starting with the destruction of his air forces on 8 December 1941, and the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese. MacArthur's forces were soon compelled to withdraw to Bataan,

這段英語說的大概意思是：麥克阿瑟1941年被部隊召回成爲現役軍人，職務是美國三軍總司令，駐紮地是遠東。一系列的災難隨後發生了：開始時是他的空軍受到重創作，時間1941年12月8日，接着日本人對菲律賓發動入侵。麥將的三軍不久被迫撤退到Bataan地區。