二战启示录 第12期:希特勒霸权的崛起(12)

 　　As previously¹ agreed with Hitler, the Soviet² has invaded the eastern half of Poland.

　　如同之前和希特勒协议好的，苏联入侵波兰东半部。

　　Here the soldiers are fraternising an incongruous sight to say the least.

　　德国和苏联士兵在这里称兄道弟真是矛盾的景象。

　　The Nazi³ hand out the flyers that read:

　　纳粹散发的传单上写着：

　　"The German army salutes⁴ the red army of workers and farmers which had always hailed in the highest respect."

　　“德军向工农组成的红军致敬，德军一向非常尊敬他们。”

　　The Polish Army surrenders to the Germans, and in the east to the Soviets⁵.

　　波兰军队向德军投降，在东部则向苏联投降。

　　Stalin then orders the execution of twenty thousand Polish prisoners.

　　斯大林接着下令处决两万名波兰战俘。

　　He wants to eliminate the elite⁶ of this country he intends to annex⁷.

　　他想消灭这个意欲吞并的国家的精英。

　　4500 Polish officers are executed with a bullet in the head in the Katyn forest near Smolensk in Russia.

　　4500名波兰军官在苏联斯摩林斯克附近的卡廷森林被枪决。

　　Two years later, at the Kremlin, Stalin meets with the head of the Polish government in exile General Sikorski who delivers a list of missing Polish officers.

　　两年后斯大林在克里姆林宫会见波兰流亡政府总理西科尔斯基将军，后者交给他一份失踪波兰军官的名单。

　　The Soviets deny any wrong doing.

　　苏联否认任何罪行。

　　In 1992, the president of post-Soviet Russia, Boris Yeltsin will present Polish president Lech Walesa with the original order of execution signed by Stalin himself.

　　1992年，俄罗斯总统叶利钦将交给波兰总统华勒沙斯大林亲笔签名的处决令原始文件。

　　Stalin, by occupying half of Poland, is in fact playing into the hands of Hitler who needs the common border with the USSR to facilitate his plans to invade Russia.

　　占领半边波兰的斯大林其实落入希特勒的圈套，希特勒需要德苏领土相接来帮助他入侵苏联。

　　Hitler and Himmler, the head of SS, will now take care of Poland by naming the Nazi Hans Frank Governor General of the occupied Polish provinces who proclaims,

　　希特勒和党卫军首领希姆莱如今将“照料”波兰，任命纳粹党的弗福兰克为波兰占领区总督，

　　"I have the power of life and death over the Polish people."

　　弗兰克宣告“我握有波兰人民的生杀大权”

1 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

2 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

3 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

4 salutes   

n.致敬，欢迎，敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎，致敬( salute的第三人称单数 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
• A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句

5 soviets   

苏维埃（Soviet的复数形式）

参考例句：

• A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
• The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。

6 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

7 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。