古德明英语军事小故事：富埒克里萨斯 (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。富埒克里萨斯
croesus, the last king of lydia, was fabulously rich. "is there anyone happier that i am?" he asked solon, the athenian sage. "call no man happy till he is dead," solon replied. he was right. when cyrus the great of persia invaded lydia, croesus was taken captive. as he was escorted to his execution, he called out to solon three times and cyrus, on hearing the explanation of this, was moved to spare his life.
里底亚最后一任国王克里萨斯豪富泼天，曾问雅典大贤梭伦：「还有人比我幸福吗？」梭伦回答说：「人不到盖棺那天，都不可以说幸福。」他说得对。后来波斯的居鲁士大帝入侵里底亚，克里萨斯沦为阶下囚，被押去处死的时候，连喊梭伦三次。居鲁士问明原委，动了慈悲心，免他一死。
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