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Reuters reports that defense secretary Jim Mattis gave a farewell speech to the US Armed Forces on Monday,

据路透社报道，国防部长吉姆·马蒂斯周一向美国军队发表了告别演说，

telling them to keep the faith in our country and stand strong alongside allies after he resigned over policy differences with President Donald Trump.

他告诉军队，在自己因与唐纳德·特朗普总统的政策分歧而辞职后，要对国家有信心，并且保持与盟友的紧密关系。



Madis, who had been seen as a stabilizing factor in U.S. defense policy, is due to transfer authority near midnight to his deputy Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive.

马蒂斯被人们视为美国国防政策中的一个稳定因素，按计划他将于午夜时分将权力移交给他的副手、波音前高管帕特里克·沙纳罕。

Mattis, a retired Marine general, who has often shied from the spotlight, was not expected to have a major departure ceremony,

马蒂斯是一名退休的海军陆战队上将，他经常远离聚光灯，这次他将不会有一个大型的告别仪式。

leaving his farewell memo as his likely final public remarks as defense secretary.

这可能是他作为国防部长的最后一次讲话。

词汇解析

1、keep the faith保持信念；

We pledge to keep the faith and keep believing in the things that Doug Collins is trying to do while we're losing all of these close games.

我们保证会一直相信，一直坚信道格柯林斯在对球队所做的改造，尽管很多比分很接近的比赛我们最后都输了。

2、be expected to预计；

He cites one study that concludes the number of Down syndrome births in the nation dropped 11% between 1989 and 2006, a time when it would otherwise be expected to rise 42%.

他引用的论文上说美国唐氏综合症婴儿的出生率在1989年到2006年之间下降到了11%，如果没有孕期筛查的话，这个数据可能要上升到42%。