可惜那一枪没有失错(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。

可惜那一枪没有失错
annie oakley was an american exhibition shooter. her signature shooting tricks included shooting dimes tossed in the air from 90 feet away, splitting a playing card in two edgewise with a shot from 30 paces away, and shooting the ashes from a cigarette her husband held in his mouth.
in a celebrated event while touring in berlin in 1889, she was challenged by the young kaiser wilhelm to shoot a cigarette held in his own lips. hesitating only a moment, annie had wilhelm hold the cigarette in his hand and not his mouth, took aim, and fired. the bullet flew to its target and knocked the ashes off the cigarette.
later, during world war i, annie wrote to the kaiser asking for a second shot. the kaiser, who started the war, never replied.

安妮．奥克莉是美国一位射击表演者，拿手的射击花样包括九十英尺之外射中抛起的一角硬币，三十步之外把一张扑克牌从边缘处轰为两半，以及把丈夫嘴里叼着的香烟末端灰烬击落。
一八八九年，安妮巡回演出，来到柏林，其间一件事脍炙人口：德国年轻君主威廉要安妮枪击他叼着的香烟。安妮略一犹豫，请威廉用手拿着香烟而不是叼在嘴里，然后瞄准、开枪。子弹直飞目标，把香烟的灰烬打落了。
后来，第一次世界大战爆发。安妮写信给威廉，说想再向他表演一次。发动大战的威廉没有回信。