古德明英語軍事小故事：歐洲地圖 (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。歐洲地圖
after the battle of austerlitz, which left napoleon the uncontested master of europe, napoleon's words to his troops were full of praise: "soldiers, i am pleased with you!" he provided two million golden francs to the higher officers, 200 francs to each soldier, and gave large pensions to the widows of the fallen. orphaned children were adopted by napoleon personally and were allowed to add "napoleon" to their names.
upon receiving news of the devastating defeat suffered by the coalition forces, british prime minister william pitt pointed to a large map of europe on the wall. "roll up that map," he ordered. "it will not be wanted these ten years." his prediction was perfect; napoleon was defeated at waterloo ten years later.
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