老尚英雄(英中对照)

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。
老尚英雄
at the outbreak of the american revolution, the little town of menotomy was a scene of geriatric heroism. two british ammunition wagons passing through the town were met by a group of old men, who called on the convoy to surrender, and opened fire when their command went unheeded, killing the trace horses and two soldiers. the survivors ran off, stopped to throw their muskets and powder into a pond, and then continued running. six grenadiers came upon an old woman named mother batherick and surrendered to her, begging for protection.
mother batherick took them to the house of the local militia captain and told them: "if you ever live to get back, you tell king george that an old woman took six of his grenadiers prisoners." the story did get back, and one english paper asked, "if one yankee woman can take six grenadiers, how many soldiers will it require to conquer america?"

美国独立战争爆发时，小镇梅诺托米展现了老年人的英雄气概。英军两辆运火药马车路过这小镇，一群老叟相迎，叫护卫队投降，见护卫队对他们的命令置之不理，就开枪把两个士兵和拖车的马射杀。余下的英兵纷纷逃命，走到一个池塘前，停下来，把毛瑟枪、火药掉进去，然后继续跑。六个掷弹兵遇到一个叫巴瑟里克妈妈的老婆婆，向她投降，要求庇护。
巴瑟里克妈妈把他们带到镇内人民自卫队长家中，并告诉他们：「你们要是能够活回国，跟乔治国王说，一个老婆婆俘虏了他六个掷弹兵。」这故事真的传回英国，一份英国报纸问：「美洲一个女人可以俘虏六个掷弹兵，要多少士兵才可以征服美洲？」

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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。
老尚英雄

美国独立战争爆发时，小镇梅诺托米展现了老年人的英雄气概。英军两辆运火药马车路过这小镇，一群老叟相迎，叫护卫队投降，见护卫队对他们的命令置之不理，就开枪把两个士兵和拖车的马射杀。余下的英兵纷纷逃命，走到一个池塘前，停下来，把毛瑟枪、火药掉进去，然后继续跑。六个掷弹兵遇到一个叫巴瑟里克妈妈的老婆婆，向她投降，要求庇护。
巴瑟里克妈妈把他们带到镇内人民自卫队长家中，并告诉他们：「你们要是能够活回国，跟乔治国王说，一个老婆婆俘虏了他六个掷弹兵。」这故事真的传回英国，一份英国报纸问：「美洲一个女人可以俘虏六个掷弹兵，要多少士兵才可以征服美洲？」

at the outbreak of the american revolution, the little town of menotomy was a scene of geriatric heroism. two british ammunition wagons passing through the town were met by a group of old men, who called on the convoy to surrender, and opened fire when their command went unheeded, killing the trace horses and two soldiers. the survivors ran off, stopped to throw their muskets and powder into a pond, and then continued running. six grenadiers came upon an old woman named mother batherick and surrendered to her, begging for protection.
mother batherick took them to the house of the local militia captain and told them: "if you ever live to get back, you tell king george that an old woman took six of his grenadiers prisoners." the story did get back, and one english paper asked, "if one yankee woman can take six grenadiers, how many soldiers will it require to conquer america?"