古德明英语军事小故事：大 欧 洲 杯 决 赛(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。大 欧 洲 杯 决 赛
on 1 july 1916, at the start of the battle of the somme, captain wilfred nevill of the 8th east surreys used the british love of football to inspire his men. he gave each of his four platoons a football, and offered a prize to the first of the platoons that managed to kick their ball into the german trenches. the idea was adopted enthusiastically by his men, and one platoon even inscribed their ball with this message : "the great european cup. the final. east surreys v bavarians." we will never know which of the platoons won the game, nor was nevill ever able to present his prize to the winners : he was killed, shortly after kicking off for one of the platoons.
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