古德明英語軍事小故事：宣 誓 效 忠 之 后(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。宣 誓 效 忠 之 后
after the us civil war was over, all confederate soldiers were required to take an oath of allegiance to the union before they were allowed to become us citizens again. one day, a number of men were before union general benjamin butler to take the oath. one of them looked at the general, and with a peculiar southern drawl said: "we gave you hell at chickamauga, general !"
the general was furious and warned the soldier that failing to take the oath would result in him being shot. with some reluctance, the rebel obeyed. after taking the oath, he said, "general, i suppose i am a good yankee and citizen of the united states now?"
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