古德明英语军事小故事：贫贱不移 ，威武不屈 (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。贫贱不移 ，威武不屈
after king pyrrhus' victory over the romans at the battle of heraclea in 280 bc, gaius fabricius came from rome to the camp of pyrrhus for negotiations.
fabricius, who was famous as a good soldier and an honest man, was extremely poor. pyrrhus tried to persuade him to accept some gold, claiming that it was offered only as a gesture of respect. fabricius declined the gift.
the next day, pyrrhus had a fully armoured elephant placed outside the tent behind fabricius as they talked. on his signal, the tent flap was lifted and the elephant trumpeted over fabricius' head. fabricius gently turned around, smiling, then said to pyrrhus: "neither your money yesterday, nor this beast today, has impressed me at all."
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