古德明英語軍事小故事:勇 敢 的 丹 麥 人(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。勇 敢 的 丹 麥 人
shortly after occupying denmark, hitler decreed that all danish jews would have to wear a yellow star of david armband. his plan was foiled by the courageous and compassionate danes. within hours of the order, the armbands were being worn by danes of all religions, chief among them being king christian x, who proudly displayed it on his daily horseback rides around the capital. "i," he declared, "am my country's first jew."
as the final solution gained momentum elsewhere in europe, thousands of danish citizens mobilised one night in 1943 and ferried the country's entire jewish population across the sound to safety.
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