不共戴天(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。

不共戴天
at the beginning of world war ii, most british generals were reluctant to have foreign fighter pilots. but because of the need for more soldiers, they had to allow it. it turned out that some of the best performing fighter pilots were foreigners. in the battle of britian in 1940, when the raf battled it out against the luftwaffe in the skies over southern england, the top scorer on both sides was a czech, josef frantisek.
also in the raf was a belgian named jean de selys. as members of his family had been murdered by the gestapo, the war was very personal for him. in 1943, he disregarded orders and flew alone into a nazi-occupied city to strafe the gestapo building where his father was executed, and then dropped a funeral wreath.

第二次世界大战之初,英国将领多数都不愿用外国人驾驶战机,但由于士兵不足,不得不用。事实证明,表现最优秀的战机飞行员,不少是外国人。一九四○年不列颠战役之中,英国皇家空军和纳粹德国空军在英格兰南部上空决战,击落敌机居英、德双方之冠的,是捷克籍的约瑟夫.弗朗齐歇克。
此外,英国皇家空军有一个比利时人,叫让.德塞利兹。他家人遭盖世太保毒手,所以,对他来说,战事简直是个人复仇的手段。一九四三年,他不理会命令,驾机独闯纳粹占领的一个城市,向着他父亲在那里遭处决的一栋盖世太保大楼,低飞扫射,然后掷下丧葬花圈。