古德明英语军事小故事：圣母保佑？ (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。圣母保佑？
in the early 17th century, bohemia was torn between the protestants and the roman catholics, who enjoyed the king's support. in 1617, the catholics ordered the cessation of construction of some protestant chapels. the protestants were so enraged that, on 23 may 1618, while the king was absent from bohemia, they trooped into prague castle, seized the two regents, and threw them as well as their secretary out a window, intending to kill them.
martinitz, one of the two regents, cried as he was thrown out, "jesus! mary!" "let's see," said someone mockingly, "if his mary will help him." a moment later he added, "by god, his mary has helped him!"
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