古德明英語軍事小故事：食 無 肉(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。食 無 肉
so scarce was meat at the end of the american civil war that even men like robert lee, formerly commander in chief of the confederate army, lived chiefly on boiled cabbage. one day, lee, entertaining important guests, served, in addition to the usual cabbage, a very small piece of meat. when each of his guests declined the meat, lee was silently overjoyed, looking forward to indulging himself the next day.
when the much-anticipated moment arrived, however, lee was dismayed to have his servant present just the usual cabbage. he promptly demanded an explanation, which the man was happy to provide: knowing that no one would touch the meat, he had borrowed it to impress the guests, and had already returned it, untouched, to its rightful owner.
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