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。
十步杀人,拂衣而去
the following is an excerpt, taken from the recollections of an american-born parisian, about what he saw one day in paris in 1944.
'one day when i was hurrying along a bridge across the seine, two young frenchmen walked quickly past me. they were following a nazi officer in front of them. as they passed me, they said something to me which sounded like,"now you'll see how we do it."
'before i knew what was happening, one of them had stuck a knife between the shoulder blades of the nazi officer, and before the nazi could hit the pavement, the other had him by the seat of his pants and had hurled him into the seine. i and the other spectators on the bridge that afternoon ran as fast as we could to get out of the neighbourhood, not even daring to look back."