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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british country squire john peard first met the legendary italian patriot giuseppe garibaldi on the field of battle. during their introduction, a movement in the austrian lines attracted peard's attention. "pardon me, but there's a devil of an austrian over there who's catching my eye," he declared.

he then insouciantly raised his rifle and fired a shot. every member of garibaldi's entourage trained his field glasses on the austrian, who took a few stumbling paces before falling face down in the dirt.

peard nodded with satisfaction and held out his hand to garibaldi: "good day, general."