古德明英語軍事小故事：求 神 (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。求 神
in the winter of 1944, snow, rain, fog and floods all combined to hinder the allied advance into germany. on 8 december, general george patton, third us army commander, called the third army chaplain on the phone. "i'm tired of having to fight mud and floods as well as germans," he said. "see if we can't get god to work on our side."
so chaplain james o'neill sat down and wrote a prayer beseeching the almighty to "grant us fair weather for battle". patton liked the prayer and ordered o'neill to print 250,000 copies for distribution to the entire third army. "chaplain, i am a strong believer in prayer," he said.
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