古德明英语军事小故事：苹果的故事(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。
苹果的故事
aelia eudocia, wife of theodosiusⅡ, east roman emperor, lived happily till a trifling accident exposed her to her husband's jealousy.
the emperor, it is said, one day sent her an apple of an extraordinary size. she gave it to paulinus, a good-looking friend of the emperor, whom she respected on account of his learning. paulinus, not knowing from whom the apple originally came, presented it to the emperor, who soon saw the empress, and asked her what she had done with the apple.
apprehensive of raising suspicions in her husband, eudocia very unwisely declared that she had eaten it. her confusion may easily be conceived when the emperor produced the apple, and indignantly gave vent to his suspicions. he ordered paulinus to be put to death, and banished eudocia to jerusalem, where she died.
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