古德明英语军事小故事:何 以 报 德 ? (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。何 以 报 德 ?
in the battle of the granicus in 334 bc, the first of three major battles fought between alexander the great and the persian empire, alexander came close to dying in combat. he led the horse companions in their wedge-shaped charge, and smashed into the centre of the persian line. in the melee, several persian nobles were killed by alexander himself or his bodyguards, but alexander was stunned by an axe blow from a persian nobleman named spithridates. before spithridates could deal a death blow, however, alexander's great friend clitus dashed forward, chopped off his arm and killed him. the battle ended in defeat for the persians.
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