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。
此非报应 , 应是天盲
in july 1945, the american cruiser indianapolis delivered to guam the atomic bombs to be dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. on her return trip, the cruiser was torpedoed by a japanese submarine. more than 800 of her crew survived the explosions and were pitched into the sea, where they were attacked by dozens of sharks. before long, many of the men resorted to drinking seawater and yielded to madness and death. for five days, the men remained in the water, with the sharks decimating their numbers, before they were spotted by an american aircraft. only 318 of the crew survived the experience.
一九四五年七月,美国巡洋舰印第安纳波利斯号把原子弹送到关岛,准备轰炸广岛、长崎,回航时遭日本潜艇鱼雷击中,有八百多名船员侥幸没炸死,掉进海,但海又有几十条鲨鱼向他们袭击。不久,不少人就支持不住,喝海水,疯了死了。那些船员在水过了五天,很多都葬身鲨鱼腹中,最后才有一架美国飞机发现他们。大难不死的船员不过三百一十八人。
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







文档为doc格式
推荐阅读: