古德明英语军事小故事：偶然的遗忘 (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。
偶然的遗忘
raymond swing was the berlin correspondent of the chicago daily news when the first world war began in 1914. he went to bethmann-hollweg, the german chancellor, who told him that germany had no intention of annexing belgium or any other territory, and gave him permission to convey that statement to edward grey, the british foreign secretary, adding however that if the allies agreed to a peace they would have to pay an indemnity.
swing embarked for england, where he was immediately received by grey. upon hearing the proposal of an indemnity grey began "a magnificent tirade" which was so magnificent that swing forgot to say he had the impression that the indemnity might not be insisted upon. this lapse of memory might have changed the course of history.
本文地址：http://www.dioenglish.com/writing/story/13833.html
