大战中的小故事(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。
大战中的小故事
north africa was a major theatre of operations in world warⅡ. during 1941, the fighting in the western desert became very confused at times.
one british officer, looking for shelter, noticed an apparently unoccupied italian truck. cautiously opening the door, he jumped in only to find its italian driver fast asleep. calling on his faulty italian, he jammed a pistol in the man's chest, whispering"alto in mano." swift to comply, the italian corrected him politely,"mani in alto."
on another occasion, erwin rommel, commander of the german forces in north africa, lost his way and spent the night out in the open. only when dawn came did he discover that he had spent the night in the company of the 4th indian division. quickly, he slipped away.

北非洲是第二次世界大战一个重要战场。一九四一年，北非洲西部沙漠的战事有时颇为混乱。
一名英国军官想找地方栖身，看见一辆意大利卡车，车上似乎没有人。他小心翼翼，打开车门， 走进去，才看见那意大利司机睡熟了。他用手枪抵住那司机胸膛，操不纯正的意大利语说：「 alto in mano。」那意大利人马上照办，然后客客气气纠正他说：「 mani in alto（举手）。」
又有一次，北非德军指挥官埃尔温．隆美尔迷了路，在野外过了一晚，到第二天黎明，才发觉英军的印度第四师整个夜晚都在附近。他连忙溜之大吉。