古德明英語軍事小故事：滿堂金玉成何用 ？ (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(zhàn)爭。滿堂金玉成何用 ？
there is a famous story of what hulagu did to al-mustasim, the last abbasid caliph, after capturing baghdad: he imprisoned the caliph in a room full of treasure, and brought him gold on a tray instead of food. the caliph protested that he could not eat gold, and hulagu asked him why he had not used his money to strengthen his army and defend against the mongols. the caliph said, "that was the will of god." hulagu replied, "what will happen to you is also the will of god."
soon afterwards the caliph was executed by hulagu. the mongols did not want to shed "royal blood", so they wrapped him in a rug and trampled him to death with their horses.
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