古德明英語軍事小故事:戰 地 上 的 隱 士(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。戰 地 上 的 隱 士
in the first world war, a british divisional intelligence officer on the western front built a home from home. the following excerpt is from paul maze's a frenchman in khaki .
“ i was told that he lived somewhere near me on the ypres salient but i had never been able to find him. one evening i struck a patch of vegetables and flowers in the midst of a desolate shelled area. i found him sitting up in bed, a shelf full of books beside him. he had built up for himself a life completely detached from the war and to this he returned every evening after his work. his pride was his vegetable garden. he was perhaps the only man in the salient who supplemented his ration with home-grown vegetables. ”
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