古德明英语军事小故事：决 斗(中英对照)
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。决 斗
otto von bismarck, the iron chancellor, was once offended beyond endurance by a physician-turned-politician, rudolf virchow, and challenged him to a duel. virchow, as the challenged party, had the choice of weapons. he produced two sausages. "one of these," he said, "has been inoculated with deadly cholera germs. the other is perfectly wholesome. you choose one of these, and i will take the other, and we will each eat our sausage."
bismarck called off the duel at once.
铁血首相俾斯麦有一次被弃医从政的鲁道夫．菲尔霍气得怒不可遏，问菲尔霍敢不敢决斗。菲尔霍是被挑战的一方，有权选择武器。他拿出两条香肠说：「这一条香肠，注射了致命的霍乱病菌，另一条则绝对有益健康。你先选一条，我就要另一条，各自吃下去。」
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