古德明英语军事小故事：牺牲科芬特里 (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。
牺牲科芬特里
on the night of 14 november 1940, the german luftwaffe bombed the english city of coventry. the raid destroyed more than 50,000 houses and shops, and killed 554 citizens and wounded 865. the 14th century st michael's cathedral, coventry's most famous building, was destroyed.churchill knew beforehand, through ultra* intercepts, that coventry was about to be bombed, but to evacuate the population or to engage in great strength the bomber fleet as it approached, was to tell the germans that their enigma security system had been penetrated. the british prime minister therefore made no preparations for the raid. this was the only way to protect ultra, one of the most important weapons of victory in the whole war.
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