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。
作客英国的美军
during world warⅡ, hundreds of thousands of american servicemen were shipped out to britain. the us army was then still a segregated force, but most britons saw no reason to discriminate against blacks, and some tried to break the ice.
a somerset woman remembered being at a dance when a group of black gis arrived."no one talked to them," she recalled."we thought it was very rude, and my sister and i and some friends went over to ask them to dance, which they did."
children recognised no colour distinctions and were favoured by americans of all ranks. the wife of a dorset farm worker, for instance, discovered that though she had banned her small son from asking for sweets, he still managed to come home with his pockets stuffed full of candy and chocolate simply by saying"hello" to the passing gis.
