古德明英語軍事小故事：阿 基 米 德 之 死 (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。阿 基 米 德 之 死
after a two-year-long siege, roman forces under general marcellus captured syracuse in 212 bc. the city is said to have fallen due to a peace party opening a small door in the wall to negotiate a peace, but the romans charged through the door.
according to the popular account given by greek biographer plutarch, archimedes was contemplating a mathematical diagram when the city was taken. a roman soldier commanded him to come and meet general marcellus, but he declined, saying that he had to finish working on the problem. the soldier was enraged and killed him with his sword. general marcellus was reportedly angered by the death of archimedes, as he had ordered him not to be harmed.
公元前二一二年，馬塞勒斯將軍率領羅馬軍隊圍攻西拉庫斯兩年之后，終于攻陷城池。據說，西拉庫斯陷落，是因為議和代表團打開城墻一道小門，準備出城談判，不料羅馬軍隊乘機沖進城中。
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