古德明英语军事小故事：所罗门王的智谋(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。
所罗门王的智谋
in a bible story, the queen of sheba* heard about the great wisdom of king solomon of israel, but did not believe it. she went to jerusalem to test his wisdom with riddles, and the king solved all of them. the bible only speaks of the mutual respect of the two monarchs.
however, the queen figures also in countless tales of the middle east and africa. in ethiopian myth, solomon used his fabled wisdom to trick her. he promised not to pester the queen to sleep with him if she swore to take none of his possessions. he then told his servants to bring her heavily salted foods to eat at dinner. during the night, when the thirsty queen drank from the water jug next to her bed, solomon accused her of theft, and thus compelled her to sleep with him.
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