Listening: It was a horrible, bloody battle.

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a rocket   

a tank   

some jets   

some soldiers   

to explode/an explosion   

to faint   

to yell

Use the past continuous form of these verbs to describe the scene.

come     try    fly              bleed               plug in             

shake (颤抖, 动摇, temblar, качать)

drop       lie     examine   fire (=shoot)    yell (=shout)   

go off  (=explode, 爆炸, estallar, взрыва́ться)

It was a horrible, bloody battle. (爭鬥, batalla, би́тва)

Jets ¹________ d____________ bombs from overhead.

         was/were                             -ing

Rockets (火 箭 式 导 弹, cohetes, раке́та) ²________ ____________ through the air.

The bombs ³________ ____________  and the earth ⁴________ ____________.

An enemy (敌人的, enemigo, враг) soldier ⁵______ ________ in a foreign language.

Soldiers ⁶________ ____________ to advance (=to move forward).

They ⁷________ ____________  their machine guns.             

A tank ⁸________ ____________ down the hill.

Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my right shoulder, and I fainted (晕 倒, desmayarse, падать в обморок).

When I came to (*became conscious again, 苏醒, recobrar el conocimiento, очнуться), I

⁹________ ____________  in a tent (帳篷, tienda, палатка) and two physicians

¹⁰________ ____________ me. I looked at my arm. It ¹¹_______

____________ .  I couldn’t feel the lower part of my body.