潜艇英雄(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。
潜艇英雄
on the evening of 24 may 1941, british lieutenant commander malcolm wanklyn, in command of the submarine upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off sicily. the failing light was such that observation by periscope could not be relied on, and the upholder's listening gear was out of order. still, wanklyn decided to press home his attack at short range.
wanklyn closed in. as he was about to fire, one of the enemy destroyers suddenly appeared out of the darkness at high speed, and he only just avoided being rammed. then he brought his periscope sights on and fired torpedoes, which sank a large troop ship. the enemy destroyers at once made a strong counterattack, but with coolness and skill wanklyn brought the upholder safe back to harbour.

wanklyn was killed along with his crew when his submarine was sunk in april 1942.
一九四一年五月二十四日,英国海军少校马尔科姆.华克莱恩指挥着潜艇支持者号,在西西里岛附近看见敌军的运兵船队,由多艘驱逐舰护送。当时天色昏暗,难以用潜望镜观察,而潜艇的听音设备也坏了。虽然如此,华克莱恩还是决定近距离攻击。
他把潜艇靠近船队,正准备开火,黑暗中敌军一艘驱逐舰突然出现,高速撞过来。华克莱恩勉强避过,然后用潜望镜瞄准,发射鱼雷,把一艘运兵的大船炸沉。敌军驱逐舰马上大举反击,但华克莱恩头脑冷静,指挥得宜,潜艇安全开回港口。
一九四二年四月,华克莱恩的潜艇被击沉,他和手下船员同告丧生。