打败拿破仑的炮弹(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。
打败拿破仑的炮弹
at the start of the 1800s, a new artillery shell appeared on the battlefields of europe. it was the brainchild of an english officer who had spent 30 years perfecting it. the shell could be launched from long distances at the enemy's lines. when it exploded it cast a deadly shower of metal shards over a wide area.
the british army first used the shell in the napoleonic wars. it so terrified french soldiers that they believed the british had poisoned their cannonballs. sir george wood, commander of the british artillery, credited the shell with playing a critical role in the defeat of napoleon at the battle of waterloo.
the name of the man who invented the shell became known around the world: henry shrapnel.

十九世纪初,欧洲战场上出现了一种新炮弹,那是英国一名军官发明的,花了他三十年研制,精益求精。这种炮弹可从远处射向敌阵,爆炸时会迸出大量夺命金属碎片,而且涵盖范围广阔。
拿破仑战争期间,英军开始使用这种炮弹,法军大为恐惧,以为英国的炮弹加了毒药。英国炮兵司令乔治.伍德认为,滑铁卢战役之中,拿破仑败北,这种炮弹当记一大功。
这炮弹的发明人渐渐名播全球。他就是 henry shrapel*(亨利.施雷普内尔)。
附注：
*shrapel现在指炮弹爆出的碎片,是不可数名词( uncountable noun),例如: the soldier was badly wounded in the chest by shrapnel(那士兵胸部遭炮弹碎片重创)。