古德明英語軍事小故事：軍 樂 止 痛(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(zhàn)爭。軍 樂 止 痛
george clark (1752-1818), one of the noted american military heroes, was fifty-seven when he fell into the fireplace in his humble cabin, burning one leg so badly that it had to be amputated. he was taken to louisville for the operation. no anaesthetic was available then.
to distract the patient, the commander of the local kentucky militia paraded his command outside the room where clark lay and marched them round and round the building, with fifes tootling and drums banging away. while the surgeon sawed off the limb and sealed the wound with a red-hot iron, clark tapped his fingers in time to the sound of his memories. when the operation was over, he turned to the surgeon and asked, "well, is it off ?"
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