A big battle1 was going on during the First World War. Guns were firing, and shells2 and bullets were flying about everywhere. After an hour of this, one of the soldiers decided that the fighting was getting too dangerous for him, so he left the front line and began to go away from the battle.
After he had walked for an hour, he saw an officer coming towards him.
The officer stopped him and said, "Where are you going?"
I'm trying to get as far away as possible from the battle that's going on behind us, sir. the soldier answered.
Do you know who I am? the officer said to him angrily. "I'm your commanding officer."
The soldier was very surprised when he heard this and said, "My God, I didn't know that I was so far back already!"
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1. battle 戰(zhàn)役,戰(zhàn)斗
2. shell 炮彈
第一次世界大戰(zhàn)期間,一場大戰(zhàn)役正在進(jìn)行。槍炮轟鳴,子彈橫飛。這樣持續(xù)了一小時(shí)后,有個(gè)士兵認(rèn)為戰(zhàn)斗太危險(xiǎn)了,所以他離開前線,開始逃離戰(zhàn)場。走了一個(gè)小時(shí)后,他看見一個(gè)軍官朝他走過來。軍官攔住他,問道:“你到哪兒去?”
“長官,我正盡力躲開身后正在進(jìn)行的戰(zhàn)斗?!笔勘卮鹫f。
“你知道我是誰嗎?”軍官生氣地說,“我是你們的指揮官?!?
士兵聽了十分驚訝地說:“天哪,沒想到我已經(jīng)往回跑了這么遠(yuǎn)!”
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第一次世界大戰(zhàn)(簡稱一戰(zhàn),1914年7月—1918年11月)是一場主要發(fā)生在歐洲但波及到全世界的世界大戰(zhàn)。當(dāng)時(shí)世界上大多數(shù)國家都卷入了這場戰(zhàn)爭。戰(zhàn)爭主要是同盟國(Central Powers)和協(xié)約國(Allied Powers)之間的戰(zhàn)斗。