欧洲地图 (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。
欧洲地图
after the battle of austerlitz, which left napoleon the uncontested master of europe, napoleon's words to his troops were full of praise: "soldiers, i am pleased with you!" he provided two million golden francs to the higher officers, 200 francs to each soldier, and gave large pensions to the widows of the fallen. orphaned children were adopted by napoleon personally and were allowed to add "napoleon" to their names.
upon receiving news of the devastating defeat suffered by the coalition forces, british prime minister william pitt pointed to a large map of europe on the wall. "roll up that map," he ordered. "it will not be wanted these ten years." his prediction was perfect; napoleon was defeated at waterloo ten years later.

奥斯德立兹一役，奠定了拿破仑的欧洲最高霸主地位。拿破仑战后对军队赞不绝口：「各位将士，你们的表现令我十分高兴。」他给高级军官二百万金法朗作奖赏，又给各士兵二百法朗。阵亡将士的妻子，都获丰厚抚恤金；他们遗下的孤儿，由拿破仑亲自收养，并获准在名字加上「拿破仑」三字。
英国首相威廉．庇特听到联军大败的消息，指墙上一幅欧洲大地图，叫人「把地图卷起。以后十年，都不会要这幅地图了」。他的预言十分准确。十年之后，拿破仑在滑铁卢战败。
【附注】thefallen直译是「倒下者」，一般指战死沙场的将士，例如：the kindwoman buried the fallen after the battle（战后，那善心的女人安葬阵亡将士）。