古德明英语军事小故事：烽火里的亲情 (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。烽火里的亲情
the battle of ayacucho in 1824 resulted in peru gaining independence from spain. before the battle, general monet of the royalist forces told the revolutionary leader antonio sucre that some of his soldiers had relatives in the revolutionary army, and would like to meet with them before fighting. sucre agreed. thereupon about 50 men from each side walked to a point between the lines. they were given a half hour to exchange greetings.
"ah, my brother," said a royalist general to his revolutionary brother, "how sorry i am to see you covered with ignominy." his brother was incensed and, turning on his heel, walked away. the general ran after him, embraced him, and they both wept.
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