古德明英語軍事小故事：蘋果樹下 (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。
蘋果樹下
during world warⅡ, the popular andrews sisters song don't sit under the apple tree captured american servicemen's concern that their wives or girlfriends might be tempted into affairs in their absence:"don't sit under the apple tree/ with anyone else but me/ till i come marching home." the lyrics also caught women's fears that their menfolk might fool around with the girls on foreign shores:"don't hold anyone on your knee/ you'd better be true to me/ you're getting the third degree*/ when you come marching home."
on the home front, any women who got pregnant while her husband was overseas became a social outcast. and if a stranger went into a bar with the wife or girlfriend of a local servicemen, he was looking for trouble.
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