古德明英语军事小故事:波 士 顿 屠 杀(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。波 士 顿 屠 杀
in the 1760s, conflicts between britain and her 13 north american colonies were on the rise because the british government tried to increase control over the colonies and raise taxes at the same time. on 5 march 1770, a crowd of jeering civilians in boston gathered around a small group of british soldiers guarding the customs house, and began throwing snowballs at them. in the midst of the commotion, a soldier was struck down onto the ground by a club. enraged, the soldiers fired into the crowd, killing three people and wounding eight others, two of them mortally.
while it took five years from the boston massacre to the american revolutionary war, the massacre sparked the colonists' desire for independence.
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