古德明英语军事小故事:用 人 莫 疑(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。
用 人 莫 疑
in 333 bc, alexander the great became severely ill, and other than his own doctor philip no physician would treat him, fearing a misdiagnosis. as philip was preparing a potion for him, alexander received a letter from general parmenio, warning him to beware of his doctor, who was bribed by darius, king of persia, and was about to administer poison.
when the hour came that he should take his medicine, alexander passed the letter on to philip. it was wonderful to see one reading the letter and the other merrily drinking the medicine both at the same time. philip was understandably shaken at the false accusation, but he stood his ground and advised alexander to follow his instructious. alexander did follow his instructions and soon recovered.
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