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。
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at christmas 1914, an unofficial truce came into operation at many points on the western front, and german soldiers started exchanging cigarettes, schnapps and chocolate with their enemy. at frelinghien, a scottish soldier appeared with a football which seemed to come from nowhere and a few minutes later a real football match got under way. the germans hooted and whistled when a gust of wind revealed that the scots wore no drawers under their kilts. after about an hour's play, the german commander heard about it, and sent an order putting a stop to the match, which finished with a score of three goals to two in favour of fritz against tommy.