古德明英語軍事小故事：大戰(zhàn)中的小故事(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰(zhàn)爭。大戰(zhàn)中的小故事
north africa was a major theatre of operations in world warⅡ. during 1941, the fighting in the western desert became very confused at times.
one british officer, looking for shelter, noticed an apparently unoccupied italian truck. cautiously opening the door, he jumped in only to find its italian driver fast asleep. calling on his faulty italian, he jammed a pistol in the man's chest, whispering"alto in mano." swift to comply, the italian corrected him politely,"mani in alto."
on another occasion, erwin rommel, commander of the german forces in north africa, lost his way and spent the night out in the open. only when dawn came did he discover that he had spent the night in the company of the 4th indian division. quickly, he slipped away.
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