古德明英語軍事小故事：墨索里尼為什么不洗襪子?(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。
墨索里尼為什么不洗襪子?
in the world of children's magazines during world warⅡ, an assortment of heroes helped to defeat the enemy. while children in america pored over comics showing superman baring his knuckles at the nazis, the hotspur* in britain carried stories about a mythical school whose sports master was called away on secret service work. young readers blinked back their tears when he was killed.
the beano's* favourite figure of fun was mussolini. his generals were capable of every kind of stupidity, even supplying their troops with spaghetti for bootlaces. the beano also put a few riddles before its readers."why does musso never change his socks?" asked one. "because he smells defeat." fearing that readers might fail to spot the pun, the editors added"de feet" in brackets.
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