古德明英語軍事小故事：無心插柳柳成陰(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爭。無 心 插 柳 柳 成 陰
a most important medical advance in history began by accident. one morning in 1928, professor alexander fleming of london university noticed in his cluttered laboratory that a mould had developed accidentally on a staphylococcus culture plate, and that the mould had created a bacteria-free circle around itself. after further research, he found that the mould could kill other bacteria as well as staphylocci. he called the mould penicillin.
during world war ii, a team of scientists searching for a way to treat infected wounds experimented with penicillin and found its powers miraculous. they developed it further so that it could be produced as a drug. the drug saved many lives that would have been lost due to bacterial infections in even minor wounds.
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