屠杀战俘(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。

屠杀战俘
on 17 december 1944, a german ss panzer division encountered, near the town of malmedy, belgium, a small company of american soldiers. armed with only rifles and other small arms, the americans surrendered to the nazi tank force. after being searched and relieved of weapons, the american prisoners were quickly marched into a field.
one of the few to survive, bill merriken said,"we stood there, hands over head. and then there was a german officer and he picked out a guy i knew. he pulled his pistol up and shot him. and i saw him fall. then that is when machine guns started."
eighty-six american prisoners of war were massacred at malmedy that day. merriken, who had three bullet wounds, two in his back and one in the back of his knee, hid under the bodies of his dead comrades for hours before he was able to make good his escape.

一九四四年十二月十七日,德国纳粹党 卫军一个装甲师在比利时马尔梅蒂镇附近,遇到一小连美军。美军只有来复枪和其他小型武器,唯有向纳粹的坦克部队投降。他们经搜身和解除武装之后,马上被带到一片原野上。
比尔.梅里肯是少数逃过一死的战俘之一。他说:「我们站在那里,双手举到头上。一个德国军官挑出我认识的一人,拔出手枪,把他枪杀。我看着他倒下去。然后机关枪开始扫射。」
那天,八十六个美军战俘在马尔梅蒂镇被屠杀。梅里肯中了三枪,两枪打在背上,一枪打在膝盖之后。他躲在战友的尸体下,过了几小时,才能够逃脱。