Fill in the blanks with the words you hear in the recording.[音频]Dear Madam,I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.I feel how 1._________ and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot 2.____________ from tendering to you the 3._________ that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the 4._________ of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
[音频]Fill in the blanks with the words you hear in the recording.Private Reiben: I'm sorry, sir, but uh... let's say you weren't a captain, or maybe I was a major. What would you say then?Captain Miller: Well, in that case... I'd say, "This is an excellent 1_________ , sir, with an extremely valuable 2______________ , sir, worthy of my best efforts, sir. Moreover... I feel 3. ____________ for the mother of Private James Ryan and am willing to 4_____________ my life and the lives of my men— especially you, Reiben - to ease her suffering."