古德明英语军事小故事：风雷老将心(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。风雷老将心
king pyrrhus of epirus was an ambitious ruler whose aim was to revive the empire of his second cousin, alexander the great. he went to italy in 280 bc, where he defeated the romans at heraclea, and advanced to within 37 miles of the city of rome.
the roman senate was about to vote on peace with pyrrhus, when appius claudius, a distinguished general who had been retired for many years and was blind, arrived. "my blindness," he said, "has been a great annoyance to me, but now that i hear about these dishonourable proposals of yours, i wish i were deaf as well. do you remember your brave words about alexander? you bragged that if he dared to come into italy, he would not now be called 'the great'." these words changed everything. the romans decided against seeking peace, and in 275 bc defeated pyrrhus at beneventum.
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