古德明英语军事小故事:大战中的小故事(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事,古德明,香港英语教育作家,他开了一个《征服英语专栏》,在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事,用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。大战中的小故事
north africa was a major theatre of operations in world warⅡ. during 1941, the fighting in the western desert became very confused at times.
one british officer, looking for shelter, noticed an apparently unoccupied italian truck. cautiously opening the door, he jumped in only to find its italian driver fast asleep. calling on his faulty italian, he jammed a pistol in the man's chest, whispering"alto in mano." swift to comply, the italian corrected him politely,"mani in alto."
on another occasion, erwin rommel, commander of the german forces in north africa, lost his way and spent the night out in the open. only when dawn came did he discover that he had spent the night in the company of the 4th indian division. quickly, he slipped away.
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