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。
阿 基 米 德 之 死

after a two-year-long siege, roman forces under general marcellus captured syracuse in 212 bc. the city is said to have fallen due to a peace party opening a small door in the wall to negotiate a peace, but the romans charged through the door.

according to the popular account given by greek biographer plutarch, archimedes was contemplating a mathematical diagram when the city was taken. a roman soldier commanded him to come and meet general marcellus, but he declined, saying that he had to finish working on the problem. the soldier was enraged and killed him with his sword. general marcellus was reportedly angered by the death of archimedes, as he had ordered him not to be harmed.

公元前二一二年，马塞勒斯将军率领罗马军队围攻西拉库斯两年之后，终于攻陷城池。据说，西拉库斯陷落，是因为议和代表团打开城墙一道小门，准备出城谈判，不料罗马军队乘机冲进城中。

编辑:Liuxuepaper.Com

作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律