At 4:40 on the afternoon of April 25, patrols of the U.S. 69th Infantry Division met forward elements of the Russian 58th Guards Division at Torgau on the elbe , some seventy-five miles south of Berlin

4月25日下午四点四十分，美军第六十九步兵师的侦察兵与俄军第五十八近卫师的先遣部队在柏林以南大约七十五英里的易北河上的托尔高相会。

Eisenhower’s purpose now was to split Germany in two by joining up with the Russians on the elbe between Magdeburg and Dresden

艾森豪威尔现在的目的是要在马格德堡与德累斯顿之间的易北河上与俄国人会师，把德国一切为二。

Dresden:a city of east-central Germany on the Elbe River east-southeast of Leipzig. an industrial and cultural center, it was severely damaged in bombing raids during World War II. Its china industry was moved to Meissen in the early 18th century.

德累斯顿:德国中东部城市,位于莱比锡东南偏东河畔.是工业与文化中心,二战期间被空袭轰炸严重毁损.其瓷器工业于18世纪初迁至梅森.

The train bowls along the valley of the elbe by the glittery river

列车在易北河流域沿着闪闪发光的河流疾驰。

The Americans and Russians were driving swiftly to a junction on the elbe

美军和俄军正在迅速地向前推进到易北河去会师。

The vanguard of the American army reached the elbe , only fifty-three miles from Berlin

美军先头部队到达易北河，离柏林仅五十三英里。

As a concession to the generals he consented to setting up two separate commands in case the Americans and Russians made their junction on the elbe

为了向这些将军们表示让步，他同意建立两个分开的司令部，如果美军和俄军在易北河上会师的话。

River elbe flows from the western part of Czech Republic into Germany and then to the North Sea

易北河从捷克西部流经德国进入北海。

Dresden shone brightest in the 1700s when the kings of Saxony spent their wealth to turn their capital into "Florence on the Elbe . "

18世纪，当萨克森的国王们把财富花费在把他们的首都变成“易北河上的佛罗伦萨”时，德累斯顿放射出了最亮的光芒。

Adenauer, the first post-war chancellor, thought that "east of the Elbe the Asian steppes begin. "

德国战后第一任总理，认为“易比河东部开始就是亚洲大草原”。

If Europe to the Elbe had been shaped by Romanic culture and language, the roadmap of European history would have changed in many parts.

如果当时罗马文化和拉丁语能够覆盖到易北河，欧洲历史发展的路线图不知道已经发生多少次改变了。

The whole wonderful thing did happen, a long time ago, on the Mersey, on the Elbe , by the Thames and the Hudson River.

整个美妙的事情真的发生了，很久很久以前，在梅西船坞，在易北河，在泰晤士河和哈得逊河边。