古德明英語軍事小故事：所羅門王的智謀(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。
所羅門王的智謀
in a bible story, the queen of sheba* heard about the great wisdom of king solomon of israel, but did not believe it. she went to jerusalem to test his wisdom with riddles, and the king solved all of them. the bible only speaks of the mutual respect of the two monarchs.
however, the queen figures also in countless tales of the middle east and africa. in ethiopian myth, solomon used his fabled wisdom to trick her. he promised not to pester the queen to sleep with him if she swore to take none of his possessions. he then told his servants to bring her heavily salted foods to eat at dinner. during the night, when the thirsty queen drank from the water jug next to her bed, solomon accused her of theft, and thus compelled her to sleep with him.
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