1·In his early days Gandhi served as a stretcher-bearer on the British side in the Boer war, and he was prepared to do the same again in the war of 1914-18.
甘地早年时在波尔战争里的英国一方抬过担架，在1914 - 1918年的战争里也准备好了再当担架员。
2·After narrowly losing a by-election in Oldham, he returned to the journalistic fray as a war correspondent in South Africa for the Morning Post during the second Boer war of 1899-1902.
丘吉尔在奥尔德姆选区的补选中以微弱差距落败，此后回归新闻记者的行列，在1899年至1902年的第二次布尔战争中，他担任《晨报》驻南非的战地记者。
3·During the Boer War, when there was much unrest in the country, a certain minister asked his brother-minister, who was a leader in the church, to do his best to calm the minds of those around him.
南非波尔战争发生之际，全国各地兵荒马乱、人心惶惶，一位传道人问教会的主任牧师要如何安抚人心？
4·The astounding success of a recent song about Koos DE la Rey, a famous Boer general during the war against the British, is raising many eyebrows.
最近有关Koos de la Rey的一首歌取得了令人震惊的成功，令许多人吃惊不小。Koos de la Rey是英布战争中，布尔著名的反英将军。