1.In February of that year, though, he had already begun military training, part of Adolf Hitler's final hopeless attempt to stave off defeat.
尽管在同年的二月，他已经开始接受了军事训练，这个训练也是希特勒最后绝望的试图避免失败的计划中一部分。
2.To find it seemed rather a hopeless attempt in the stretch of rich grass before them.
现时在这一大片丰茂的青草里，想要把它搜出来，未免有点象大海捞针一般。