魁北克之役(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。
魁北克之役
during the american revolution, the americans believed that their rebellious spirit would become contagious and that the citizens living in canada would join their cause and fight alongside them. following this logic, american generals benedict arnold and richard montgomery led an attack on quebec city in 1775 against the british general guy carleton.
to the americans' astonishment, when carleton issued an order that every able-bodied man in the area take up arms, most of them did so willingly, including the french-canadians. they fought with carleton to defeat the americans, ending the hope of canadian support for the american revolution.

had the battle gone differently, canada could have become the 14th colony.
美国独立战争期间，美国人认为反英情绪会传开，加拿大市民会加入反英大业，和他们并肩作战。因此，美国将领贝纳狄克特．安诺德和理查德．蒙哥马利一七七五年率兵进犯魁北克市，和英国将领盖．卡尔顿对敌。
出乎美国人意料的，是当地壮健男人一听到卡尔顿下令他们人人拿起武器迎战，多数都欣然从命，包括法裔加拿大人。他们和卡尔顿一起，打败了美军，粉碎了美国独立战争获加拿大人支持的希望。
假如美军在这场战争中取胜，加拿大可能成为组成美国的第十四个殖民地。