古德明英語軍事小故事：天風(fēng)散戰(zhàn)云(中英對(duì)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(gè)《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(dòng)魄的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。天風(fēng)散戰(zhàn)云
"it is an ill wind that blows no good." a typhoon that struck the pacific islands of samoa 120 years ago helped illustrate this saying.
civil war broke out in samoa in the 1880s. as both the united states and germany had commercial interests in the islands, three american warships were dispatched to samoa when germany intervened in the war in 1889. conflict seemed unavoidable. on 19 march, though the weather was visibly threatening, the warships from the two nations would not sail to safety and relinquish their positions in apia harbour.
soon afterwards a savage typhoon broke. ships collided with each other or were driven on to the surrounding coral reefs and sank. in these horrendous conditions, the ships' crews came to each others' rescue. the natural disaster eased political tensions, and a diplomatic solution was agreed upon.
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