古德明英語軍事小故事：戰 時 的 孩 子(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爭。戰 時 的 孩 子
war can become a way of life, even among children. the following excerpt is from a 1942 issue of the new york times.
"a recent survey of london schoolchildren shows that youngsters between the ages of five and seven have forgotten, or have never known, many of the attributes of peacetime living. when questioned about such things as streetlights and bananas they stared suspiciously and indicated plainly that they did not believe that such things existed.
"when one teacher brought a seashell to school and asked her pupils to name it none of them could do it. ‘ it's a shell, ’ she explained finally. ‘ that's no shell, ’ a little boy replied heatedly. ‘ shells come out of guns. ’ "
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