苹果的故事(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。
苹果的故事
aelia eudocia, wife of theodosiusⅡ, east roman emperor, lived happily till a trifling accident exposed her to her husband's jealousy.
the emperor, it is said, one day sent her an apple of an extraordinary size. she gave it to paulinus, a good-looking friend of the emperor, whom she respected on account of his learning. paulinus, not knowing from whom the apple originally came, presented it to the emperor, who soon saw the empress, and asked her what she had done with the apple.
apprehensive of raising suspicions in her husband, eudocia very unwisely declared that she had eaten it. her confusion may easily be conceived when the emperor produced the apple, and indignantly gave vent to his suspicions. he ordered paulinus to be put to death, and banished eudocia to jerusalem, where she died.

依丽亚.欧多西亚是东罗马皇帝狄奥多西二世的妻子,只因一件小事,引起丈夫妒忌,断送了幸福生活。
据说,狄奥多西有一天送给妻子一个特大苹果。她拿去给了波莱纳斯:波莱纳斯是狄奥多西的朋友,样子俊美,以其学问获得欧多西亚敬重。他不知道那苹果最初来自谁人,还拿去送给狄奥多西。不久,狄奥多西见到皇后,问她把苹果怎样了。
欧多西亚一时愚蠢,怕引起丈夫怀疑,就说把苹果吃了。狄奥多西拿出那个苹果,怒气冲冲,讲出心中猜疑。欧多西亚当时的狼狈样子,不难想象。狄奥多西下令把波莱纳斯处死,并把欧多西亚放逐到耶路撒冷。欧多西亚后来就在耶路撒冷去世。