古德明英語軍事小故事：盜王冠(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。盜王冠
in 1671, an irish-born colonel, thomas blood, attempted to steal the crown jewels of england from the tower of london. he started by befriending the jewel keeper, talbot edwards. having earned his trust, blood convinced him to show the jewels to two of his friends, who then hit edwards on the head with a mallet and knocked him to the floor, where he was bound, gagged and stabbed.
it happened that edwards' son, returning from military service in flanders, chose that moment to visit his father. the elder edwards, managing to free the gag, shouted, "the crown is stolen!" blood and his companions tried to escape, but were captured. to everyone's surprise, when blood was taken to the palace, king charles Ⅱ not only pardoned him, but gave him irish lands worth £ 500 a year.
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