古德明英语军事小故事:我很少打败仗(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。
我很少打败仗
while visiting his son in honduras in 1959, montgomery, then 72, met with guatemalan president ydigoras, who warned that if britain did not accede to guatemalan demands for a port on the caribbean, he might be forced to mount an invasion of british honduras. "oh, i wouldn't do that," montgomery replied. "in that case we would certainly send a force ourselves. i might be part of it and i'm not used to losing my battles."
no invasion took place.
一九五九年,七十二岁的蒙哥马利往洪都拉斯看儿子,并会晤危地马拉总统伊迪戈拉斯。伊迪戈拉斯警告说,假如英国不答应在加勒比海给危地马拉一个港口,他恐怕别无他法,惟有出兵进侵英属洪都拉斯。蒙哥马利回答说:「我是你,就不会这样做。你出兵,我们也一定会出兵,而我可能随军出征。我很少打败仗。」
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