古德明英语军事小故事：坚 守 岗 位(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。坚 守 岗 位
in the opening up of the american west, sentry duty in the forts was usually a routine activity. but when indians planned a night attack, sentry duty could be dangerous.
one day at 8.20 am private harbers was on his beat when he found that private brown, who was on sentry duty, was missing. he hurried to rouse the corporal of the guard. when the guard came an officer hunted in the haystack and found brown with two arrows in his neck. he asked him why he had not called out, and brown said, "i did not want to give away my position until the indian showed himself. then i was going to get him."
美 国 西 部 开 发 期 间 ， 在 堡 垒 站 岗 一 般 是 例 行 任 务 ， 只 是 遇 上 印 第 安 人 乘 夜 袭 击 ， 却 很 危 险 。
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