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古德明英语军事小故事:视 死 如 归(中英对照)

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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。视 死 如 归

in september 1776, american revolutionary patriot nathan hale volunteered for an espionage mission behind the british lines in new york. disguised as a dutch schoolteacher, he set off, but was betrayed, arrested, and hanged on the following day.

on the scaffold, the twenty-year-old hale is reported to have declared, "i only regret that i have but one life to lose for my country."

though hale was allowed to write letters on the eve of his execution, they were destroyed by his jailer, who felt that "rebels should never know they had a man who could die with so much firmness."

内 森 . 黑 尔 是 美 国 独 立 战 争 中 的 爱 国 者 , 一 七 七 六 年 九 月 自 告 奋 勇 , 要 到 纽 约 英 军 阵 营 之 后 刺 探 情 况 。 他 扮 作 荷 兰 籍 师 出 发 , 却 遭 出 卖 , 被 捕 后 第 二 天 即 处 以 绞 刑 。

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