云南省麗江市 石小涵供稿
說起滑鐵盧,人們除了聯(lián)想到失敗之外,稍懂歷史的人一定還會想到一個地方和一個人。這個地方就是比利時的滑鐵盧鎮(zhèn),而這個人就是歐洲的歷史巨人拿破侖·波拿巴。
It is about 20 kilometers between Waterloo and Brussels,the capital of Belgium.Like many other European towns,Waterloo is quite ordinary,but its name is world-famous.In 1815,the French army led by Napoleon had a fierce battle in Waterloo with the Prussian army.And the French army suffered a disastrous defeat.Then,Napoleon abdicated and ended his political career.Since then,Waterloo is used to refer to painful failure.滑鐵盧鎮(zhèn)距比利時首都布魯塞爾大約二十公里。與歐洲其他國家的許許多多小鎮(zhèn)一樣,它并無多少特色,但它的名字卻是響徹世界。1815年,在比利時的滑鐵盧,拿破侖率領(lǐng)法軍與英國、普魯士聯(lián)軍展開激戰(zhàn),法軍慘敗。隨后,拿破侖以退位結(jié)束了其政治生涯?;F盧從此被用來比喻慘痛的失敗。
The Waterloo battlefield is 2.5km to the south of Waterloo.As the most important tourism spot,it has not been cultivated at random.Apart from a few small memorial halls,there is no private or public service there.在距滑鐵盧城鎮(zhèn)以南2.5公里的地方就是著名的滑鐵盧古戰(zhàn)場,雖然它現(xiàn)在是比利時最重要的旅游景區(qū),但并未隨意開發(fā)?,F(xiàn)在的古戰(zhàn)場除了有幾座規(guī)模很小的紀(jì)念館之外,
沒有興建任何民用或公用設(shè)施。