古德明英语军事小故事:甘 乃 迪 论 胜 败(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。甘 乃 迪 论 胜 败
in 1961, the american government encouraged refugee cubans to invade cuba. when the cubans landed in the bay of pigs, they were killed or captured to a man.
president kennedy, who had found the matter already in progress when he assumed office, accepted the blame manfully. but when he saw all those responsible trying to implicate others in the misjudgement while clearing themselves, he could not withhold a comment : "it has often been said that victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan."
一 九 六 一 年 , 美 国 政 府 鼓 励 古 巴 流 亡 者 进 攻 古 巴 。 他 们 在 猪 湾 登 陆 , 不 是 被 杀 , 就 是 被 俘 , 无 一 得 免 。
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