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古德明英语军事小故事:求 神 (中英对照)

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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。求 神

in the winter of 1944, snow, rain, fog and floods all combined to hinder the allied advance into germany. on 8 december, general george patton, third us army commander, called the third army chaplain on the phone. "i'm tired of having to fight mud and floods as well as germans," he said. "see if we can't get god to work on our side."

so chaplain james o'neill sat down and wrote a prayer beseeching the almighty to "grant us fair weather for battle". patton liked the prayer and ordered o'neill to print 250,000 copies for distribution to the entire third army. "chaplain, i am a strong believer in prayer," he said.

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