古德明英語軍事小故事：保 衛(wèi) 白 金 漢 宮 (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(zhàn)爭。保 衛(wèi) 白 金 漢 宮
the battle of britain, a conflict in british skies between the british royal air force and the german luftwaffe, started on 10 july 1940, with the raf forces being outnumbered three to one by the attackers.
the climax of the battle fell on 15 september. more than 400 german bombers attacked london. raf fighter pilots battled bravely to protect the city. sergeant ray holmes shot down one bomber and then saw another german plane heading straight towards buckingham palace, the residence of the royal family. upon firing, he discovered his machine guns failed. hoping that his hurricane fighter could withstand the impact, he flew the plane directly into the german bomber, cutting off its tail and sending it hurtling to the ground. but his own plane was badly damaged and was falling into a dive. he parachuted to safety.
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