古德明英语军事小故事：布 雷 尔 点 字 法 (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。布 雷 尔 点 字 法
charles barbier was an artillery officer in the french army during the early 1800s. he was on the front line constantly, and knew very well that turning on a lamp at night would expose you to enemy fire. he therefore created a code that soldiers could use to communicate silently and without light. this code, known as night writing, consisted of raised dots poked onto a piece of paper.
barbier later introduced his code to the blind. while at the royal institute for blind youths, he met a 13-year-old boy who wanted to offer barbier some ideas on how to simplify and improve the code. barbier felt insulted, and stalked out of the room when the boy tried haltingly to explain.
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