古德明英语军事小故事：独 眼 英 雄 不 从 军 令(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。独 眼 英 雄 不 从 军 令
at the battle of copenhagen in 1801, horatio nelson in the elephant was acting under admiral sir hyde parker, a rather cautious commander in chief. when the signal number 39 （ for leave off action ） was shown on board sir hyde's flagship, nelson observed to captain foley, “ you know, foley, i have only one eye. i have a right to be blind sometimes. ” and then putting the glass to his blind eye he exclaimed, “ i really do not see the signal. ”
he led the attack on the danish fleet. eventually the british, with nelson commanding the smaller vessels that bore the brunt of the engagement, destroyed the greater part of the fleet.
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