古德明英語軍事小故事：炮 火 下 的 板 球 游 戲 (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。炮 火 下 的 板 球 游 戲
in 1900, the british-held town of ladysmith in africa was subjected to a four-month siege by boer forces. in spite of the continual bombardment, the ladysmith garrison pursued typical british pastimes like cricket. a cricket pitch was set up in sight of the boer guns on bulwana ridge. on one occasion colonel rawlinson witnessed a bizarre incident: "i spent a few idle moments watching the imperial light horse play cricket. they kept a man to watch the boer guns, and when he saw the flash he shouted, 'here she comes.' the batsman pretended to play the shell when, to his astonishment, it landed on the pitch about three feet from him. the concussion knocked him down but he was not a bit hurt."
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