古德明英語軍事小故事：可惜那一槍沒有失錯(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰(zhàn)爭。
可惜那一槍沒有失錯annie oakley was an american exhibition shooter. her signature shooting tricks included shooting dimes tossed in the air from 90 feet away, splitting a playing card in two edgewise with a shot from 30 paces away, and shooting the ashes from a cigarette her husband held in his mouth.
in a celebrated event while touring in berlin in 1889, she was challenged by the young kaiser wilhelm to shoot a cigarette held in his own lips. hesitating only a moment, annie had wilhelm hold the cigarette in his hand and not his mouth, took aim, and fired. the bullet flew to its target and knocked the ashes off the cigarette.
later, during world war i, annie wrote to the kaiser asking for a second shot. the kaiser, who started the war, never replied.
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