奇功竟不成(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。
奇功竟不成
nazi german army officer claus von stauffenberg was a catholic appalled by the brutality of the nazi regime. in 1942, he conspired with a group of disenchanted fellow officers to kill hitler.
on 20 july 1944, he was summoned to attend a briefing at the wolf's lair, hitler's command post for the eastern front in prussia. stauffenberg carried a bomb in a briefcase, and placed it under the conference table beside hitler. a few minutes later, he left the room with the excuse of taking a phone call. instead he left the building and drove away. unfortunately, another army officer attending the briefing found the briefcase in his way, and moved it to one side away from hitler. the bomb exploded, killing four people, but hitler was only slightly injured. on 21 july, stauffenberg was executed by firing squad at 12:30 am.

纳粹德国军官克劳斯．冯．施陶芬博格是天主教徒，恨纳粹政权残暴恐怖，一九四二年和一些对纳粹党失望的军官合谋，准备刺杀希特勒。
一九四四年七月二十日，施陶芬博格奉召到普鲁士的狼穴，即希特勒的东方战线指挥部，出席简报会。他在公文包里藏了个炸弹，放在会议桌下希特勒身边，几分钟之后，托词要接电话，走出会议室，离开狼穴，开车而去。可惜的是，出席简报会的另一名军官嫌那公文包碍着他，移到一旁，不靠近希特勒。炸弹爆炸，炸死了四人，希特勒却只是受了轻伤。七月二十一日凌晨十二时三十分，施陶芬博格遭行刑队枪决。