古德明英語軍事小故事:豪 華 郵 輪 之 戰 (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。豪 華 郵 輪 之 戰
at the outbreak of the first world war, both the british and german navies were in such skimpy shape that they decided to convert some of their superposh ocean liners into warships despite the liners' lack of range. the german cap trafalgar removed one of her great funnels and disguised herself as the british liner carmania so that she might get close to an enemy ship and attack it with short-range machine guns. by sheer coincidence the carmania disguised herself as the cap trafalgar. they made the alternations as they sailed on towards a destiny that must have seemed improbable: the two ships happened upon each other off the brazilian island of trindade.
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