古德明英語軍事小故事：決 斗(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。決 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.
鐵血首相俾斯麥有一次被棄醫從政的魯道夫．菲爾霍氣得怒不可遏，問菲爾霍敢不敢決斗。菲爾霍是被挑戰的一方，有權選擇武器。他拿出兩條香腸說：「這一條香腸，注射了致命的霍亂病菌，另一條則絕對有益健康。你先選一條，我就要另一條，各自吃下去。」
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