陆军狙击手如何在实战中制作伪装吉利服 | 新兵训练营 | Insider Business：英语精读讲义

Hurry up.

快点！

Get moving.

动起来！

These U.S. Army sniper course students are participating in what's known as a ghillie wash. 短語搭配

这些参加美国陆军狙击手课程的学员，正在进行一项名为吉利服洗礼的训练。

An event designed to test the durability of a soldier's ghillie suit. 語法

这项训练旨在检验士兵吉利服的耐用性。

Snipers rely on their ghillie suits in combat 短語搭配

在战斗中，狙击手依靠吉利服

to disguise themselves from enemies.

伪装自己，不让敌人发现。

The purpose of the ghillie suit is to achieve a blending

吉利服的作用，就是让人与环境融为一体。

We use natural vegetation as well.

我们也会使用天然植被。

We tie that into our suit and it helps us to blend in with whatever environment we could potentially be working in. 講解

我们把植被绑在服装上，这样无论可能在哪种环境中执行任务，都能更好地融入其中。

These future snipers will take the ghillie suits made and tested in training into actual combat.

这些未来的狙击手会把在训练中制作并测试过的吉利服带上真正的战场。

We give them steps and places of the body where we want to cover.

我们会告诉他们具体步骤，以及身体哪些部位需要遮盖。

It helps us look like nothing.

这样一来，别人几乎看不出我们的存在。

They could even know that they're looking for us.

他们甚至可能明知自己在找我们。

They know someone is there,

他们知道有人就在那里，

but they cannot find us.

却怎么也找不到我们。

Commercially made ghillie suits can cost anywhere from $200 to $400. 語法

市售吉利服的价格通常在200到400美元之间。

It all starts with the base layer.

一切都从基础层开始。

For many,

对许多人来说，

it's one of their old uniforms

基础层就是自己的一套旧军装，

or a used one they can buy for roughly $100.

或者是花大约100美元买来的二手军装。

Yeah, just cut a bunch of pieces out of it,

对，就是从上面剪掉很多块布，

sewed a bunch of mesh into it for venting,

再缝入大量网眼布来透气，

and then sewed netting onto the outside of it.

然后在外面缝上一层网。

Netting is used to break up the sniper's silhouette 講解

这层网用来打乱狙击手的人形轮廓，

and to attach natural and artificial camouflage to the suit.

也用于把天然和人工伪装材料固定在服装上。

The most common artificial camouflage is jute,

最常见的人工伪装材料是黄麻，

a fibrous plant-based material.

一种源自植物的纤维材料。

You just strip it into pieces,

只要把它拆成一缕缕，

and that is the hair-looking stuff all over a ghillie suit.

就成了吉利服上那些像头发一样的东西。

But just be mindful of this color, 短語搭配

不过一定要留意这种颜色，

right?

明白吗？

If you're not in shade,

如果你不在阴影里，

that's not going to do you any good, 習語

这种颜色对你毫无帮助，

right?

明白吗？

That's going to make you stick out. 短語動詞

反而会让你特别显眼。

Instructors inspect students' ghillie suits several times during the sniper course.

在狙击手课程期间，教官会多次检查学员的吉利服。

We do a 360 inspection

我们会进行360度全方位检查，

ensuring that their points that generally get blown out,

重点查看通常容易破损的部位，

such as the crotch of the pants,

比如裤裆，

armpits,

腋下，

elbows,

肘部，

stuff like that.

等等。

Those high-wear-and-tear areas 習語

这些容易严重磨损的部位

are reinforced,

都要进行加固，

they're sewn down,

用线缝牢，

they're glued.

再用胶粘住。

I know you got it extended here.

我知道你已经把这里延长了。

You might want to try to extend this some here to break up

你可以试着把这里再延长一点，打破

this straight line.

这条笔直的轮廓线。

Every student's ghillie suit isn't going to be the same.

每名学员的吉利服都不会完全相同。

We give them left and right parameters and they fit,

我们只会设定左右界限，至于具体怎么调整，

you know,

你知道，

wherever they fall in.

就看每个人自己的情况了。

The durability of the suits is tested during an event known as the ghillie wash,

吉利服的耐用性会在一项名为吉利服洗礼的训练中接受检验，

which happens in week two of the sniper course.

这项训练安排在狙击手课程的第二周。

Hurry up.

快点！

Get moving.

动起来！

The purpose of the ghillie wash is to season and condition their ghillie suit, 用詞

吉利服洗礼的目的，是让吉利服经过磨合和做旧处理，

not only to help it soak up color 短語動詞

不仅能让颜色充分渗进去，

and to have it kind of more natural and earthy.

也能使它显得更自然、更贴近大地色调。

It also allows us to find any weak points they could potentially have in their ghillie suits.

同时，我们还能借此找出吉利服中可能存在的任何薄弱点。

Just kind of see how anything would tear,

看看哪些地方可能会撕裂，

like the netting and stuff on the back.

比如背后的网面之类。

The ghillie wash starts with students crawling and rolling across various terrains,

吉利服洗礼一开始，学员要在各种地面上匍匐、翻滚，

To your left.

往左！

To your left.

往左！

Hey, hey.

嘿，嘿！

including gravel,

包括碎石地，

pavement,

铺装路面，

and sand.

以及沙地。

What is the primary role of a sniper?

狙击手的首要职责是什么？

To engage the enemy. 用詞

与敌人交战！

We soak them down,

我们会把他们从头到脚浇透，

get them wet.

让他们全身湿透。

That's going to start creating a lot of weight.

这样会让服装增加很多重量。

It's going to make it a little bit harder for them as well.

也会让他们行动起来更加困难。

Exercises such as lunges,

弓步，

squats,

深蹲，

and push-ups test the suits' ability to stretch under pressure.

和俯卧撑等动作，用来测试服装受力时的伸展能力。

They're just kind of testing out their ghillie suit in the sense of 短語動詞

说白了，他们就是在测试自己的吉利服，

how able was it to take a beating. 習語

看看它到底有多经得住折腾。

After roughing up their suits, 短語動詞

把服装狠狠折腾一番后，

students crawl on their stomachs and backs

学员会趴着或仰面爬行，

through wet and muddy trenches to add color to them.

穿过湿漉漉、泥泞的壕沟，给服装染上颜色。

It's not necessarily we're trying to find a weak point at that point, 表達脈絡

这时候倒不一定是在寻找薄弱点，

but we're trying to get that color deeply rooted into the fabric.

而是要让泥土的颜色深深渗进面料。

There is really,

这里真的有

really deep clay mud that's pretty prominent here.

很深很深、随处可见的黏土泥。

So it's a good source for

所以，它是一种很好的材料，

when you're trying to get that earthy tone here. 用詞

适合用来染出这里的大地色调。

The clay around here in Georgia tastes pretty good,

佐治亚州这附近的黏土味道还挺不错，

so.

所以……

The last section of the ghillie wash takes place in a 200-foot long trench

吉利服洗礼的最后一段，要在一条200英尺长的壕沟中进行，

filled with water reaching up to chest high.

沟里的水最深可到胸口。

We have them low crawling over any kind of like obstacles and stuff like that. 語法

我们让他们以低姿匍匐的方式爬过各种障碍物，

to see if the area that they drag themselves on will possibly peel up. 短語動詞

看看服装在拖行时摩擦地面的部位会不会剥落。

And again,

另外，

any kind of stitching is going to rip.

任何缝线都有可能被扯开。

After climbing out of the trench,

爬出壕沟后，

the students get hosed off to remove any excess mud 短語動詞

学员会用水管冲掉多余的泥浆，

before hanging their suits out to dry. 習語

然后把吉利服挂起来晾干。

It is a very physical event,

这项训练非常耗费体力，

but it's completely necessary.

但绝对有必要。

Like we have to test out these ghillie suits to make sure they're going to withstand the test of time. 習語

我们必须测试这些吉利服，确保它们经得起时间的考验。

The culminating test of the ghillie suits comes during stalk events. 文化背景

吉利服的终极考验出现在潜行考核中。

Students must navigate through wooded terrain

学员必须穿越林地，

without being spotted by the instructors walking around them 語法

既不能被在他们周围走动的教官发现，

or by those observing from afar with binoculars. 短語搭配

也不能被远处用双筒望远镜观察的人发现。

Before the event begins,

训练开始前，

the class covers themselves in natural vegetation

全班学员会用天然植被遮住全身，

that matches their surroundings.

而且这些植被要与周围环境相符。

On their ghillie suits,

在他们的吉利服上，

they have a number of tie-downs

有许多固定带，

on the hat and the top of the pants.

分布在帽子和裤子上部。

They'll tie natural vegetation that matches the environment they're currently in, 語法

他们会绑上与当前环境相符的天然植被，

uh just to give them an initial base layer of camouflage

呃，先形成一层最基本的伪装，

as they move through the land.

供他们穿越这片区域时使用。

Students are taught to use a 30-to-70 ratio of artificial to natural camouflage 短語搭配

学员要学会按30比70的比例搭配人工与天然伪装材料，

and must carefully pick which kinds of foliage to use.

并且必须仔细挑选使用哪些枝叶。

Here in Georgia,

在佐治亚州这里，

it's so hot and humid,

天气非常炎热潮湿，

everything dies kind of quickly. 語氣意圖

所有植物都枯萎得很快。

The only thing that's going to really live on you a long time

真正能在你身上长时间不枯萎的，

is uh pine leaves and stuff.

也就是松针之类的东西。

And the smaller the shorter the plant is, 語法

而且植株越小、越矮，

the longer it'll live.

保持鲜活的时间就越长。

Once the class enters the woods,

学员一进入树林，

they must keep a low profile, 習語

就必须压低身形，

moving slowly and deliberately

缓慢而谨慎地移动，

to avoid drawing the eye of an instructor. 習語

避免引起教官的注意。

As the foliage around them changes,

随着周围植被发生变化，

the students swap out the natural vegetation on their ghillie suits 短語動詞

学员会更换吉利服上的天然植被，

to match their environment.

让伪装与当前环境保持一致。

But even the smallest of imperfections in a student's camouflage will get them spotted. 語法

但哪怕伪装上只有一点点破绽，学员也会被发现。

He is prone 用詞

他正俯卧在地，

and then spotter spotting scope.

旁边还有观察手的观测镜。

Not a bad position at all, right? 語氣意圖

这个位置一点也不差，对吧？

Uh if you would have vegged more on that spotting scope, 講解

呃，如果你们给那具观测镜多加一点植被伪装，

you guys probably would have been all right.

应该就不会有问题了。

I had like a screen over the top of my tripod,

我当时在三脚架上方盖了一层网布，

and uh it was like an off color 用詞

呃，可它的色调有点不对，

for the foliage that was around.

和周围的植被不太搭。

I mean,

我是说，

you're not going to go out there and not learn something. 語法

你不可能去了那里却什么都学不到。

So,

所以，

it's definitely fun.

这确实很有意思。

You don't put it on and just disappear.

你不可能一穿上它就直接消失。

It's not like the movies or a video game, 表達脈絡

它不像电影或电子游戏里那样神奇，

but you put it on

但穿上它以后，

and it helps us to achieve a blending effect with our environment.

确实能帮助我们与周围环境融为一体。

A well-constructed and properly maintained ghillie suit

一套制作精良、保养得当的吉利服

can last a sniper's entire career.

可以陪伴狙击手整个职业生涯。

I've done multiple washes in my ghillie suit

我穿着这套吉利服经历过好几次洗礼，

and I've had it the entirety of me being a sniper.

而且从我当上狙击手起，它就一直跟着我。

The only time I have to do anything to it is just replace jute

我唯一需要对它做的，就是更换黄麻材料，

because it's natural

因为它是天然的，

and it's going to wear away eventually. 短語動詞

最终总会磨损脱落。

But all the stitching,

但所有缝线，

everything like that has continuously held up over the years.

以及其他部分，这些年来始终都很牢固。

That's the beauty of the ghillie suit

这正是吉利服的妙处：

is that it can be manipulated in so many different ways 用詞

它可以用许多不同方式改造，

to kind of tailor it to whatever environment you're in. 短語搭配

从而适应你所处的任何环境。