墨索里尼罢官(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。
墨索里尼罢官
benito mussolini, who founded the italian fascist party in 1919 and was made prime minister of italy in 1922 by king vittorio emanuele, entered world war ii on germany's side in 1940.
by july 1943, italy was losing the war. on 25 july, mussolini went for an audience with the king just as he had done every sunday since coming to power. as usual, he found vittorio emanuele waiting for him at the door, but this time the king was wearing a marshal's medal-bedecked uniform, which he had not worn in the earlier meetings. mussolini sensed that something was wrong.
the king confirmed his fears, informing him that he was being replaced by marshal pietro badoglio. he then escorted mussolini to the door and bade him a chilly goodbye. he failed to mention that he had already signed a warrant for his arrest.

贝尼托．墨索里尼一九一九年成立意大利法西斯党，一九二二年获意大利国王维托里奥．埃马努埃莱委任为总理，一九四○年和德国连手，加入第二次世界大战。
一九四三年七月，意大利败势已成。七月二十五日，墨索里尼前去晋见国王：这是他掌权后逢星期天都做的事。维托里奥．埃马努埃莱和平常一样，在门口迎接，但和以前不一样的，是他这一次穿上别着勋章的元帅服装。墨索里尼感到有问题了。
国王证实了他的恐惧，告诉墨索尼里说：彼得罗．巴多利奥元帅会取代他出任总理，说罢就把墨索尼里送到门口，冷冷的说再见。他没有说的，是已经签署命令逮捕墨索里尼。