古德明英语军事小故事：发神经！(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。发神经！
in december 1944, the germans launched their last serious counteroffensive against allied armies. at the belgian town of bastogne, the 101st airborne division under the command of us general anthony mcauliffe was besieged by a far larger force of germans.
the german commander sent an ultimatum to mcauliffe requesting that he surrender honourably to avoid inevitable defeat. mcauliffe's response was:"nuts!" his aide commented that the germans might require something more official. so the official reply was typed and delivered to the german delegation:"to the german commander,/ nuts!/ the american commander." mcauliffe's aide had to explain the meaning of the word to the germans, telling them that in"plain english" it meant"go to hell".
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