古德明英語軍事小故事：美 酒 解 圍 (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。美 酒 解 圍
in 1741, the maratha general raghuji laid siege to the french-held town of pondicherry. the french governor dumas sent a present of ten bottles of liqueurs to raghuji, who gave them to his wife.
the lady was so impressed by the liqueurs that she insisted that her husband acquire more, whatever the cost. raghuji was thus placed on the horns of a dilemma: he was most unwilling to reduce his demands on pondicherry, yet more liqueurs would have to be gained otherwise his wife might prove impossible to live with. he had to agree to begin negotiations with the french. finally, he withdrew his troops and left the french in peace, laden with a good supply of liqueurs.
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