古德明英語軍事小故事：征 夫 淚(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)。征 夫 淚
during the us civil war, the advent of winter saw an informal armistice between the federal and confederate armies. the pickets on both sides had become friendly, more given to trading than shooting one another at less than 100 yards. one afternoon, a federal band came along and began playing the northern patriotic war songs.
"now give us some of ours!" shouted a confederate picket. at once the music swelled into "dixie", "my maryland" and the "bonnie blue flag". then, after a mighty cheer, and a slight pause, the band began again.
this time it was the tender, melting bars of "home, sweet home". on both sides there were joyous shouts, and soon many wet eyes could be found among those hardy warriors under the two flags.
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