反目成仇(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。
反目成仇
in 1945, an american intelligence team parachuted into the jungles of vietnam to help a band of guerrillas fighting the japanese. they found the guerrillas' leader, ho chi minh, seriously ill from malaria and dysentery."this man doesn't have long for this world," exclaimed the team medic, but he successfully nursed him back to health. the grateful leader agreed to provide intelligence and to rescue any downed american pilots he could find in return for ammunition and weapons.the following year ho chi minh pleaded with president truman to support his movement to gain independence from the french, but to no avail. from 1964 to 1975, 60,000 americans died in the vietnam war, battling a former ally whose life the us once saved.

一九四五年，美国一支情报队跳伞降落越南丛林，协助一支抗日游击队。他们发觉游击队领袖胡志明患了疟疾和赤痢，病情沉重。情报队医生说：「这人活不多久了。」但在他照料之下，胡志明终于恢复健康，对这支情报队十分感激，答应提供情报，假如发现被击落的美国飞行员，也会出力救助，换取美国的军火和武器。次年，胡志明要求杜鲁门总统支持他从法国人手上争取国家独立，但没有结果。一九六四年到一九七五年，六万美国人在越战之中丧命，对手正是曾获美国救回性命的这个旧盟友。
附注：
＊ guerrilla或拼作 guerilla，但一般会用两个 r的拼法，因为这个字出自西班牙语的 guerra，所用也是两个 r