空中英雄(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。
空中英雄
on 1 may 1943, during a raid on the nazi u-boat pen at st-nazaire, france, a us bomber was badly hit and burst into flames. the fire drove both waist gunners to bail out. but maynard smith, the ball-turret gunner, cast aside his own parachute, gave first aid to two wounded crew members, and then tackled the fire with extinguishers.
while he was fighting the fire, his plane came under attack by a couple of german fighters. so he manned both waist guns in turn, and fired away until the enemy planes fell back. he threw burning 100-pound ammunition boxes out of the plane(he weighed around 130 pounds), and when he had used up the last fire extinguisher he beat out the last flames with his hands. for his bravery he was awarded the medal of honour.
一九四三年五月一日，一架美国轰炸机空袭法国圣纳泽尔的纳粹潜艇坞，受到重创，飞机着火，火势甚猛，机身中部两个机枪手惟有紧急跳伞逃生。但球形塔机枪手梅纳德．史密斯却把自己的降落伞扔到一旁，为两个受伤机员急救，然后用灭火器救火。
这边他在救火，那边他的轰炸机却受到几架德国战斗机袭击。史密斯于是用机身中部两挺机枪轮流扫射，直到敌机退却。他把一百磅重正在燃烧的火药盒一一扔到飞机外（他自己体重约一百三十磅），用完最后一个灭火器之后，就用手把余火扑灭。由于勇敢，他后来获颁荣誉勋章。
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。
空中英雄
一九四三年五月一日，一架美国轰炸机空袭法国圣纳泽尔的纳粹潜艇坞，受到重创，飞机着火，火势甚猛，机身中部两个机枪手惟有紧急跳伞逃生。但球形塔机枪手梅纳德．史密斯却把自己的降落伞扔到一旁，为两个受伤机员急救，然后用灭火器救火。
这边他在救火，那边他的轰炸机却受到几架德国战斗机袭击。史密斯于是用机身中部两挺机枪轮流扫射，直到敌机退却。他把一百磅重正在燃烧的火药盒一一扔到飞机外（他自己体重约一百三十磅），用完最后一个灭火器之后，就用手把余火扑灭。由于勇敢，他后来获颁荣誉勋章。
on 1 may 1943, during a raid on the nazi u-boat pen at st-nazaire, france, a us bomber was badly hit and burst into flames. the fire drove both waist gunners to bail out. but maynard smith, the ball-turret gunner, cast aside his own parachute, gave first aid to two wounded crew members, and then tackled the fire with extinguishers.
while he was fighting the fire, his plane came under attack by a couple of german fighters. so he manned both waist guns in turn, and fired away until the enemy planes fell back. he threw burning 100-pound ammunition boxes out of the plane(he weighed around 130 pounds), and when he had used up the last fire extinguisher he beat out the last flames with his hands. for his bravery he was awarded the medal of honour.