古德明英语军事小故事：战 地 笑 声(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 笑 声
in 1876, the 7th us cavalry under general custer moved to herd sioux indians in motana into government reservations. underestimating the size of an indian village, custer refused to await reinforcements and attacked, recklessly dividing his force into three columns. he was killed and his own column was entirely wiped out.
some of the 7th cavalry, retreating with captain edgerly, showed great heroism. in the heat of the battle edgerly noticed that private saunders had a broad grin on his face although he was sitting in a perfect shower of bullets. after the firing ceased the next day, he asked saunders what he was laughing at at such a time. saunders replied, “ i was laughing to see what poor shots those indians were. they were shooting too low and their bullets were spattering dust like drops of rain. ”
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