古德明英語軍事小故事：冷靜沉著的轟炸 (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。
冷靜沉著的轟炸
On the night of 28 January 1932, the Japanese began the occupation of Chapei, the northwest portion of Shanghai. On unprotected roofs Japanese planes dropped their bombs. With each explosion, towers of dust and smoke shot 150 feet into the air, while beneath these roofs were women, children, and old men.On the second day of the"war", fire from incendiary bombs gutted the Commercial Press and the Oriental Library. Only a few books were saved from the wonderful collection of Chinese works valued at millions of dollars. The Library building burned for three days. And for a month bombs were dropped on the Chapei district. By the time hostilities had ceased, not a building in all Chapei remained undamaged.
一九三二年一月二十八日晚，日軍開始攻占閘北，即上海西北部份。日本飛機向毫無防衛的屋頂投下炸彈，每次爆炸之后，隨即揚起一百五十英尺高的灰塵、黑煙，而屋頂之下，則是婦孺和老弱。「戰爭」第二天，燃燒彈把商務印書館和東方圖書館燒了，價值以百萬元計的中文書籍珍藏，只有幾本得脫火海。圖書館燒了三天，而炸彈連續一個月不斷向閘北投下。到戰斗結束時，全閘北沒有一幢完好的建筑物。＊最近，不少中國人盛稱日本民族「沉著冷靜」。以上一段歷史，或可作「冷靜沉著」的左證。
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