嗟渠身手竟天亡(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。

嗟渠身手竟天亡
the night before the battle of waterloo, a mighty army composed of british, belgian and dutch units had gathered together for the purpose of defeating napoleon. but napoleon was the world's greatest general. it would take more than an army to stop him. it would take an act of nature.
napoleon was sick. hemorrhoids and a bladder infection struck him with force. in great pain he took a dose of opium, which caused him to sleep late and lose crucial hours that could have made all the difference. the morning of the battle he was in such pain that he could barely mount his horse. personal reconnaissance of the battlefield was out of the question. and opium may have clouded his judgement.

so when late in the afternoon a prussian army arrived, a decisive counterpunch was delivered that destroyed napoleon's empire.
滑铁卢战役前一晚,英国、比利时、荷兰组成的一支庞大联军摩拳擦掌,誓要打败拿破仑。但拿破仑是当时最出色的将领,打败他不能单靠军队,还要借助自然力量。
拿破仑病了,痔疮和膀胱感染十分严重,令他痛楚难堪,服了些鸦片,以致很晚才能成眠,失去了应是胜败攸关的几小时。开战的早上,他痛得几乎跨不上马,更无法亲自察看战场。而鸦片也可能迷糊了他的判断力。
于是,普鲁士军队将近黄昏开到战场,发动决胜的反击,拿破仑帝国就告土崩瓦解。