The government reinstated the Selective Service System.

政府恢复了兵役制度。

We're also going to talk about the Selective Service System in the United States.

我们还将讨论美国的兵役制度。

In one of the first groups of young men to register under this new Selective Service System was Jeffery McQuillan.

Jeffery McQuillan 是第一批在这个新的兵役制度下注册的年轻人之一。

Let's turn now to the Selective Service System and why it's so important to young American men, and perhaps someday to young American women.

现在让我们谈谈兵役制度，以及为什么它对年轻的美国男性如此重要，也许有一天对年轻的美国女性如此重要。

To understand the modern Selective Service System, you have to know a little bit about the history of how Americans have formed their military forces in the past.

要了解现代兵役制度，你必须了解一点美国人过去是如何组建军队的历史。

It took only five years for the U.S. government to change its mind and to reinstitute the Selective Service System after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980.

1980 年苏联入侵阿富汗后，美国政府仅用了五年时间就改变了主意并恢复了兵役制度。

As the U.S. got more and more involved in the Vietnam War in the 1960s, many people began to criticize the Selective Service System, especially because it was seen as being not fair to some members of society.

随着美国在 1960 年代越来越多地卷入越南战争，许多人开始批评兵役制度， 尤其是因为它被认为对某些社会成员不公平。