古德明英語軍事小故事：抵制先生(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。抵制先生
in the 18th century, the english made it legally impossible for irish catholics to buy property, so land ownership in ireland was concentrated in protestant hands-- often"mainlanders".
in the 1870s, a retired english soldier, charles boycott, accepted employment in ireland as an agent for an absentee landlord. a harsh man, he insisted on collecting the last farthing of rent, and evicting tenants who could not pay. in 1880, the irish launched a campaign of isolation against him. his tenants and servants stopped work, neighbours did not talk to him, shops refused to serve him, and postal workers ceased delivering his mail. life soon proved unbearable to him, and he had to leave ireland on 1 december of the same year. his name, however, became immortalised by the creation of the verb"to boycott".
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