古德明英語軍事小故事：貧賤不移 ，威武不屈 (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。貧賤不移 ，威武不屈
after king pyrrhus' victory over the romans at the battle of heraclea in 280 bc, gaius fabricius came from rome to the camp of pyrrhus for negotiations.
fabricius, who was famous as a good soldier and an honest man, was extremely poor. pyrrhus tried to persuade him to accept some gold, claiming that it was offered only as a gesture of respect. fabricius declined the gift.
the next day, pyrrhus had a fully armoured elephant placed outside the tent behind fabricius as they talked. on his signal, the tent flap was lifted and the elephant trumpeted over fabricius' head. fabricius gently turned around, smiling, then said to pyrrhus: "neither your money yesterday, nor this beast today, has impressed me at all."
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