古德明英语军事小故事:战 地 上 的 隐 士(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。战 地 上 的 隐 士
in the first world war, a british divisional intelligence officer on the western front built a home from home. the following excerpt is from paul maze's a frenchman in khaki .
“ i was told that he lived somewhere near me on the ypres salient but i had never been able to find him. one evening i struck a patch of vegetables and flowers in the midst of a desolate shelled area. i found him sitting up in bed, a shelf full of books beside him. he had built up for himself a life completely detached from the war and to this he returned every evening after his work. his pride was his vegetable garden. he was perhaps the only man in the salient who supplemented his ration with home-grown vegetables. ”
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