古德明英语军事小故事：生 死 鸳 鸯(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。生 死 鸳 鸯
a naval engagement between the french and the british in 1812 saw a tragic incident. there was aboard the british warship swallow a seaman named phelan, whose wife was on board to assist the surgeon. when she heard her husband was wounded, she rushed upon deck and received him in her arms; he faintly raised his head to kiss her; she burst into a flood of tears, and told him to take courage, as “ all would yet be well ” ─ ─ and then a shot took her head off. her husband, wrapped in her arms, opened his eyes once more and then closed them forever. the woman had only three weeks before given birth to a boy.
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