古德明英语军事小故事:是 谁 破 坏 电 话 线 ?(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。是 谁 破 坏 电 话 线 ?
during world war Ⅱ , mel brooks served as a corporal in the us army. while on patrol in france one day, he and his men stumbled upon an abandoned crate of german rifles and ammunition.
the men, having organised a sharp-shooting contest, were using the white insulation caps on the telephone wires as targets when an urgent radio call came through from headquarters: german guerrillas had destroyed communications with the ninth army by bringing down the telephone lines.
the embarrassed patrol hurried back to camp where brooks offered to take a party out in search of the culprits. after touring the countryside, brooks reported back to base: amazingly, the rogue german saboteurs had mysteriously disappeared.
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