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古德明英语军事小故事:帝国主义(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。帝国主义

eleanor roosevelt once took winston churchill to task over the subject of british imperialism. "the indians have suffered for years under british oppression," she said.

"are we talking about the brown-skinned indians in india who have multiplied under benevolent british rule," churchill retorted, "or are we speaking about the red-skinned indians in america who, i understand, are now almost extinct ?"

艾俐诺‧罗斯福有一次就英帝国主义责备邱吉尔。她说:「印人忍受英国压迫已有多年了。」

邱吉尔反唇相稽说:「我们现在说的,是印度的褐色皮肤印人,还是美国的红色皮肤印人?印度人在英国仁政之下,人口倍增;印第安人呢,听说却几乎灭绝了。」

【解说】艾俐诺‧罗斯福是美国第三十二任总统富兰克林‧罗斯福的太太,曾任联合国人权委员会主席。印第安人英文叫indian,和印度人无别,原因据说是一四九二年哥伦布发现美洲,以为即印度,叫当地人为indian。现在,印第安人多称为americanindian或nativeamerican,以别于印度人;叫redindian也可以,但这个称呼现在普遍视为带侮辱含义,不宜使用。

task 是 「 工 作 」 , 但 take someone to task 却 和 「 工 作 」 无 关 , 而 是 「 责备 某 人 」 的 意 思 , 例 如 : he was taken to task for not properly attending to his work ( 他 不 用 心 工 作 , 受 到 责 备 ) 。  

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