How Napoleon Crossed the Alps 拿破仑是怎样越过阿尔卑斯山的（在线收听）

[00:02.02]How Napoleon Crossed the Alps 拿破仑是怎样越过阿尔卑斯山的

[00:04.74]In France there lived a great general whose name was Napoleon Bonaparte.

[00:11.53]He was the leader of the French army；

[00:13.51]and France was at war with nearly all the countries around．

[00:17.77]In the April of 1796, he wanted very much to take his soldiers into Italy；

[00:24.01]but between France and Italy there are high mountains called the Alps，

[00:28.39]the tops of which are covered with snow．

[00:31.00]“Is it possible to cross the Alps？”asked Napoleon．

[00:34.81]The men who had been sent to look at the passes? over the mountains shook their heads．

[00:39.95]Then one of them said，“It may be possible，but—”

[00:44.88]“Let me hear no more，”said Napoleon．“Forward? to Italy！”

[00:48.51]People laughed at the thought of an army of sixty thousand men crossing the Alps where there was no road．

[00:54.74]But Napoleon waited to see that everything was in good order，

[00:58.23]and then he gave the order to march．

[01:00.51]The long line of soldiers and horses and cannons?stretched for twenty miles．

[01:05.22]When they came to a steep place where there seemed to be no way to go farther the trumpets sounded “Charge！”

[01:11.68]Then every man did his best，and the whole army moved right onward．

[01:16.93]Soon they were safe over the Alps．In four days they were marching on the plains of Italy．

[01:22.73]“The man who has made up his mind to win，”said Napoleon，“will never say ‘Impossible’．”