古德明英语军事小故事：乎 愚 乎 ， 莫 得 而 询(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。乎 愚 乎 ， 莫 得 而 询
in 1898, war broke out between the us and spain. buckey o'neill, us cowboy and congressman, enlisted as captain of troop a in the rough riders, a volunteer cavalry regiment. he had a theory that an officer ought never to take cover in battle.
one day, a sergeant noticed o'neill standing and smoking a cigarette while he joked with the soldiers in complete disregard of the intense fire coming from a nearby ridge, and admonished him to take some cover. "captain," he said, "a bullet is sure to hit you."
"sergeant, the spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me," o'neill replied before turning to another officer. as he began to speak, a bullet struck him in the mouth and came out at the back of his head.
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