古德明英语军事小故事：有 没 有 例 外 ？ (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。有 没 有 例 外 ？
simon cameron served as secretary of war under president lincoln, and there was some question as to his integrity. indeed, thaddeus stevens, a pennsylvania congressman, was reported to have said that cameron would steal anything but a red-hot stove.
that came to cameron's ears, and he complained to lincoln. there was nothing much that lincoln could do except suggest to stevens that he might care to say he had been misquoted.
stevens, a curmudgeon of a man, promptly agreed to state that he had been misquoted in order to keep the peace within the party. what he had really said, stevens explained, was that cameron would steal anything, including a red-hot stove.
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