古德明英语军事小故事：辉 煌 的 发 明 (古德明)(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。辉 煌 的 发 明 (古德明)
in 214 bc, a powerful roman force attacked the city of syracuse, the home of the famed mathematician and inventor archimedes. to hold off the roman legions, he devised one ingenious weapon after another, among them a catapult which could hurl a ton of stones some six hundred feet and a crane which could be used to capsize invading ships.
his most brilliant contraption, however, was remarkable for its simplicity. using an array of mirrors, archimedes directed and concentrated the sun's rays onto the roman ships and set them ablaze.
公元前二一四年，罗马大军进攻西拉库斯城。着名数学家兼发明家阿基米德住在城中，设计了多种巧妙武器抵御罗马军团，包括可把一吨石头投掷约六百英尺的弹弩，以及可把敌船弄翻的起重机。
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