古德明英语军事小故事：盗王冠(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。盗王冠
in 1671, an irish-born colonel, thomas blood, attempted to steal the crown jewels of england from the tower of london. he started by befriending the jewel keeper, talbot edwards. having earned his trust, blood convinced him to show the jewels to two of his friends, who then hit edwards on the head with a mallet and knocked him to the floor, where he was bound, gagged and stabbed.
it happened that edwards' son, returning from military service in flanders, chose that moment to visit his father. the elder edwards, managing to free the gag, shouted, "the crown is stolen!" blood and his companions tried to escape, but were captured. to everyone's surprise, when blood was taken to the palace, king charles Ⅱ not only pardoned him, but gave him irish lands worth £ 500 a year.
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