古德明英語(yǔ)軍事小故事:兩 個(gè) 亞 歷 山 大(中英對(duì)照)
古德明《征服英語(yǔ)》之英語(yǔ)軍事故事,古德明,香港英語(yǔ)教育作家,他開(kāi)了一個(gè)《征服英語(yǔ)專(zhuān)欄》,在專(zhuān)欄中專(zhuān)門(mén)用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)了世界近代史上的軍事小故事,用英語(yǔ)講述歷史中那些驚心動(dòng)魄的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。兩 個(gè) 亞 歷 山 大
in november 333 bc, the macedonian troops led by alexander the great, outnumbered roughly by four to one, defeated the army led by darius iii of persia in the battle of issus. darius was forced to flee, leaving behind his chariot, his camp and his family, all of which were captured by alexander.
determined to treat darius' family with the respect fitting their rank, alexander was keen to assure darius' mother sisygambis that her son was still alive. it is said that at their first meeting sisygambis kneeled down in front of hephaestion, thinking that as the taller of the two men he was the king. alexander saved her face by saying, "don't worry, mother, you were not mistaken, for he is alexander too."
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