古德明英語軍事小故事：誰 最 能 干 ？(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。誰 最 能 干 ？
the end of the american civil war saw many returning confederate soldiers unable to find employment. a kindhearted farmer in virginia offered to supply work to any of robert lee's veterans. he divided them into squads according to their military rank.
a neighbour enquired of him one day, “ who are those working over there? ” “ them is privates. very fine men, first-rate workers. ”
“ and who are those in that second group? ” “ them is lieutenants and captains. they work quite well, but not so well as the privates. ”
“ i see you have a third squad. who are they? ” “ them is the colonels, ” replied the farmer.
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