古德明英語軍事小故事：國 王 和 公 民(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。國 王 和 公 民
the clash of philosophies involved in the french revolutionary wars was marked. to the other peoples of europe the new french ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity were difficult to grasp. on one occasion the king of prussia, frederick william ii, noted a grenadier of a french volunteer battalion who, though wounded and left alone, still stuck to the defence of a bridge. by the king's orders the man was taken prisoner and brought to him. "frenchman, you're a brave fellow," said the king. "what a pity you're not fighting for a better cause." the volunteer was equal to the occasion. "citizen william," he said, "we shall not agree on that point. let's talk about something else." his words pleased the prussian army and the king when passing along the tents of his men often heard himself called "citizen william".
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