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。
谁 最 能 干 ？
the end of the american civil war saw many returning confederate soldiers unable to find employment. a kindhearted farmer in virginia offered to supply work to any of robert lee's veterans. he divided them into squads according to their military rank.
a neighbour enquired of him one day, " who are those working over there? " " them is privates. very fine men, first-rate workers. "
" and who are those in that second group? " " them is lieutenants and captains. they work quite well, but not so well as the privates. "
" i see you have a third squad. who are they? " " them is the colonels, " replied the farmer.
