勇者无敌(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。
勇 者 无 敌
king pyrrhus attacked sparta when areus, the spartan king, was away on an expedition in crete. sparta had no fortifications, and the defenders were too few to keep up resistance for long. but the spartans' bravery made up for everything.
the night before the battle, the spartan assembly wanted to send the women to crete. but the women refused to leave, and joined the old men in the work on the fortifications.
of all the spartans who did marvellous things during the battle, phyllius killed the most enemies. many wounds made him faint from loss of blood, but before he died he managed to crawl behind his comrades so that the enemies could not carry off his body. when most of the spartans were wounded or dead, areus returned from crete with 2000 fresh soldiers. frustrated, pyrrhus gave up on sparta.

皮拉斯王乘斯巴达阿鲁斯王远征克里特岛，进侵斯巴达。斯巴达没有防御工事，守城者人数也不足以长期抵抗，但他们以勇气弥补一切。
战争前一晚，斯巴达议会想把城中妇女送往克里特岛，但妇女都不肯离开，和老年人一起修筑防御工事。
战争中表现出色的斯巴达军人之中，杀敌最多的是菲利勒斯。他身上多处受伤，失血过度，头晕目眩，但死前还是奋力爬到同袍身后，以免尸体落敌人手上。最后，斯巴达军人大部分非死即伤，阿鲁斯率领二千将士，个个精神饱满，从克里特岛回来了。皮拉斯无可奈何，只有解围而去。