吾引为荣(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。
吾引为荣
on 14 august 1937, a fleet of japanese planes launched a sudden attack on hangchow. flying their obsolete aircraft, chinese air force major kao chih-hang and his fellow pilots destroyed six of the attacking planes, while suffering no losses of their own. this was china's first successful interception of a major japanese air attack.on 21 november, during the japanese attack on nanking, kao saw 18 enemy planes flying straight for the chinese aircraft on the ground. in an attempt to save the aircraft, kao disregarded both falling bombs and instructions. he raced to his plane and prepared to take off. however, before he could get into the air to fight, his aircraft was hit by a japanese bomb. he was only 29 when he died.

一九三七年八月十四日，一队日本飞机突袭杭州。中国空军少校高志航和同袍驾着陈旧飞机，击毁了来犯飞机六架，自己一方则无有损伤。这是中国第一次成功截击日本大规模空袭。十一月二十一日，日本进攻南京期间，高志航看见十八架敌机朝着地上的中国飞机飞来。为免飞机被摧毁，他不理落下来的炸弹，也不理命令，跑到自己的飞机上，准备起飞，可是来不及升空作战，已遭日本炸弹击中。他死时不过二十九岁。
【附注】
高志航独力击落日本战机多架，曾获蒋介石题赠「吾引为荣」四字。