古德明英語軍事小故事:日本的神風(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。日本的神風
the year 1274 saw mongol ruler kublai khan's first invasion of japan. japan's samurai were no match for the fierce invaders, but a typhoon suddenly came upon the invasion fleet, and forced the mongols to retreat.
in 1281, kublai khan, who had already completed the conquest of china, mounted another invasion of japan. faced with a force more than three times as large as their own, the samurai were repeatedly defeated. just when it appeared that they would be extermined, another powerful typhoon suddenly slammed into the japanese coast. ships were dashed upon the rocks, and nearly all the invaders drowned.
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