古德明英语军事小故事:马铃薯歼灭战(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。马铃薯歼灭战
in april 1943, the uss o'bannon spotted a japanese submarine on patrol off the solomon islands. the american crew shot off the sub's conning tower, preventing it from diving, but the sub quickly closed in so that the o'bannon's big guns could not hit it. when the japanese sailors came topside to fight, the o'bannon's unprepared crewmen hammered them with ─ potatoes. thinking that they were grenades, the japanese panicked, dropped their guns, tried to submerge the sub, and sank into oblivion.
一九四三年四月,在所罗门群岛附近,美国船奥班农号发现一艘日本潜艇在巡逻,开火轰掉潜艇的瞭望塔,使它不能潜航。但潜艇迅速逼近,奥班农号的大炮即无法向它射击。
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