古德明英語軍事小故事:死 逃 生(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。死 逃 生
during world war ii, jazz dancer and singer josephine baker joined the french resistance. her subsequent marriage to a jewish businessman, jean leon, attracted the attention of hermann goering, leader of the gestapo, who resolved to murder her. goering invited her to dinner, having arranged to put cyanide in her fish.
forewarned, josephine attempted to excuse herself as the fish was being served, planning to drop down the laundry chute in the bathroom to a rendezvous with resistance workers below. but goering, his suspicions raised, produced a gun and ordered her to eat the fish before allowing her to retire to a bathroom. josephine managed to reach and use the chute, whereupon her colleagues rushed her to a doctor, who pumped her stomach.
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