古德明英语军事小故事:空 战 英 雄 的 父 亲(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。空 战 英 雄 的 父 亲
butch o'hare, who was awarded the medal of honour by us president roosevelt in 1942 for intrepidity in aerial combat against the japanese, had a father who would risk his life for him.
his father, a lawyer named eddie o'hare, got involved with al capone, head of a chicago crime syndicate, in the 1920s, and because of this made tons of money. but, to ensure that his son got into the naval academy and to set him a good example, eddie turned against capone. he provided incriminating evidence against capone, as a result of which prosecutors were able to have capone convicted for tax evasion and sent to prison in 1931.
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