古德明英語軍事小故事：蘋果的故事(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。
蘋果的故事
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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