古德明英語軍事小故事：戰 地 笑 聲(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 笑 聲
in 1876, the 7th us cavalry under general custer moved to herd sioux indians in motana into government reservations. underestimating the size of an indian village, custer refused to await reinforcements and attacked, recklessly dividing his force into three columns. he was killed and his own column was entirely wiped out.
some of the 7th cavalry, retreating with captain edgerly, showed great heroism. in the heat of the battle edgerly noticed that private saunders had a broad grin on his face although he was sitting in a perfect shower of bullets. after the firing ceased the next day, he asked saunders what he was laughing at at such a time. saunders replied, “ i was laughing to see what poor shots those indians were. they were shooting too low and their bullets were spattering dust like drops of rain. ”
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