何必再辩?(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。
何必再辩?
oliver cromwell, lord protector of england, was one day engaged in a warm argument with a lady. she maintained that eloquence could only be acquired by those who made it their study in early youth, while cromwell declared that there was no eloquence but that which sprang from the heart.
some days later, the lady's husband was arrested and conducted to the tower of london as a traitor to the government. the agonised wife flew to the lord protector, threw herself at his feet, and with great eloquence pleaded for her husband's life and innocence. after a while cromwell's stern countenance relaxed into a smile. extending to her an immediate liberation of her husband, he said,"i think all who have a witnessed this scene, will vote on my side of the question, in the dispute between us the other day."
有一天,英国监国公奥立佛.克伦威尔和一位女士激辩。那女士坚称,不是年纪轻轻就研习,不可能雄辩滔滔;克伦威尔则说,言出由中,才能雄辩。
几天之后,那女士的丈夫被捕,送到伦敦塔,罪名是背叛政府。那女士非常苦恼,跑到监国公跟前,拜倒在他脚下,力言丈夫无罪,为丈夫乞命,滔滔雄辩。
过了一会,克伦威尔紧绷的脸露出笑容。他答应马上释放女士的丈夫,并说:「任何人见到刚才的情景,大概都会认为,几天之前我们辩论的问题,还是我说得对
【附注】克伦威尔是英国十七世纪一名出色军人,废除帝制,建立共和国,自任监国公。
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。
何必再辩?
有一天,英国监国公奥立佛.克伦威尔和一位女士激辩。那女士坚称,不是年纪轻轻就研习,不可能雄辩滔滔;克伦威尔则说,言出由中,才能雄辩。
几天之后,那女士的丈夫被捕,送到伦敦塔,罪名是背叛政府。那女士非常苦恼,跑到监国公跟前,拜倒在他脚下,力言丈夫无罪,为丈夫乞命,滔滔雄辩。
过了一会,克伦威尔紧绷的脸露出笑容。他答应马上释放女士的丈夫,并说:「任何人见到刚才的情景,大概都会认为,几天之前我们辩论的问题,还是我说得对
【附注】克伦威尔是英国十七世纪一名出色军人,废除帝制,建立共和国,自任监国公。
oliver cromwell, lord protector of england, was one day engaged in a warm argument with a lady. she maintained that eloquence could only be acquired by those who made it their study in early youth, while cromwell declared that there was no eloquence but that which sprang from the heart.
some days later, the lady's husband was arrested and conducted to the tower of london as a traitor to the government. the agonised wife flew to the lord protector, threw herself at his feet, and with great eloquence pleaded for her husband's life and innocence. after a while cromwell's stern countenance relaxed into a smile. extending to her an immediate liberation of her husband, he said,"i think all who have a witnessed this scene, will vote on my side of the question, in the dispute between us the other day."