地覆天翻振国魂(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。
地覆天翻振国魂
the nazi invasion of poland in 1939 ushered in a time of martyrdom for the polish people, who never surrendered. the polish resistance came to represent a serious threat to the occupying forces. when one captured officer was released to deliver an offer of limited collaboration to the resistance command, the command told him to"solve the matter honourably". after a few days, he shot himself.
the polish boy scouts and girl scouts also rose to the occasion. using their scouting skills, they acted as couriers for resistance agents. and during the warsaw uprising in 1944, they would crawl for miles through the sewers of the city to deliver messages, while the germans tried to block the passages with nets or flood them with water. this heroic but unsuccessful uprising cost the lives of 200,000 freedom fighters.

一九三九年,纳粹德国侵占波兰,波兰人舍生报国者前仆后继,始终没有投降,抗德组织更成为侵略者心腹之患。一个被俘的军官获德军释放,向抗德司令部转达和德国「有限度合作」建议,司令部叫他「以荣誉解决这件事」。几天之后,他开枪自杀。
波兰的男女童军,在这非常时期,也都表现非常,利用他们的童军技能,为抗德组织通风报信。一九四四年华沙起义期间,他们有时会钻进华沙的阴沟,爬行好几英里,传达信息;德军则试图水淹或张网阻绝通道。英勇的华沙起义没有成功。成仁的自由战士有二十万人。