古德明英語軍事小故事:我來了 ,我看到了 (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。我來了 ,我看到了
in the middle ages, the ottoman empire repeatedly tried to expand into central europe. in early 1683, the ottoman turks invaded austria, and on 14 july reached vienna. pope innocent xi sent out a call for a "holy league" of soldiers in defence of the city.
the pope's call was answered by john sobieski, king of poland, who was put in charge of a combined force of 70000 soldiers. because of sobieski's military brilliance, they defeated an army twice their size.
in announcing his victory to the pope, the king slightly changed julius caesar's famous words by saying simply, "i came, i saw, god conquered."
中世紀時,鄂圖曼帝國多次要把版圖擴展到中歐。一六八三年,鄂圖曼土耳其人進侵奧利地,七月十四日,兵臨維也納?;视⒅Z森十一世號召組織軍事「神圣聯盟」保衛這個城市。
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