古德明英語軍事小故事：生 死 鴛 鴦(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。生 死 鴛 鴦
a naval engagement between the french and the british in 1812 saw a tragic incident. there was aboard the british warship swallow a seaman named phelan, whose wife was on board to assist the surgeon. when she heard her husband was wounded, she rushed upon deck and received him in her arms; he faintly raised his head to kiss her; she burst into a flood of tears, and told him to take courage, as “ all would yet be well ” ─ ─ and then a shot took her head off. her husband, wrapped in her arms, opened his eyes once more and then closed them forever. the woman had only three weeks before given birth to a boy.
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