古德明英語軍事小故事：輝 煌 的 發 明 (古德明)(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。輝 煌 的 發 明 (古德明)
in 214 bc, a powerful roman force attacked the city of syracuse, the home of the famed mathematician and inventor archimedes. to hold off the roman legions, he devised one ingenious weapon after another, among them a catapult which could hurl a ton of stones some six hundred feet and a crane which could be used to capsize invading ships.
his most brilliant contraption, however, was remarkable for its simplicity. using an array of mirrors, archimedes directed and concentrated the sun's rays onto the roman ships and set them ablaze.
公元前二一四年，羅馬大軍進攻西拉庫斯城。著名數學家兼發明家阿基米德住在城中，設計了多種巧妙武器抵御羅馬軍團，包括可把一噸石頭投擲約六百英尺的彈弩，以及可把敵船弄翻的起重機。
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