入不入党?(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。
入不入党?
in hitler's germany, all teachers had to be members of the nazi party. a schoolgirl described how pressure was applied. her mother took up coaching young athletes during the early war years. not long after, there was a knock at the door."enter a stranger. he said he had heard about my mother's achievements. he had assumed that she was a member of the party and only found out that she was not when he checked his records. no doubt that was just an oversight, and would she join?(of course anyone who referred to the party meant the nazi party, there was only one.)
"my mother froze over and said firmly'no'. he wanted to know her reasons, and she said she had reasons of her own. he did not understand. my mother said surely coaching had nothing to do with politics. however, the man thought otherwise, and my mother had to give up a much cherished job."

在希特勒的德国,只有纳粹党员才能当教师。一个女学生谈到当局的威迫手段。战争初年,她母亲做了年轻运动员的教练,不久,就有访客扣门。「一个陌生人走进来,说听过家母的成就,原本以为家母是党员,翻查纪录,才知道不是,那无疑是偶然疏忽的结果。她入不入党?(「党」自然是指纳粹党,因为当时一党专政。)
「家母态度一时变得冷若冰霜,坚决的说『不想入党』。那人问原因,家母说原因她当然有。那人说不明白,家母说教练的工作应和政治无关。那人可不这么想。家母于是得放弃一分非常难得的工作。