桑吉夫读信天呐,厨子死了(3)
Another thing that bothers you is “cowardice in the face of the enemy”.
另一件烦扰你的事情是“面对敌人时的懦弱”。
Well, the point is I suffered from cowardice in the face of the enemy throughout the war — in the face of the enemy, also in the legs, the elbows, and the wrists;
重点是，战时在敌人面前表现的怯懦让我痛苦不已，不仅是在敌人“面前”，他们的腿，他们的手肘甚至手腕也会让我战战兢兢；
in fact, after two years in the front line a mortar bomb exploded by my head (or was it my head exploded by a mortar bomb),
其实，在前线呆了两年后，一枚迫击炮弹击中了我的头部(或者说我的头部撞上了一枚迫击炮弹)，
and it so frightened me, I put on a tremendous act of stammering, stuttering, and shivering.
这场景把我吓坏了，我当时口吃，结巴，浑身颤抖，表情十分夸张。
This mixed with cries of “mother” and a free flow of dysentery enabled me to be taken out of the line and down-graded to B2.
哭爹喊娘的恐惧加上身患痢疾，我终于被撤下前线并被降级为B2。
But for that brilliant performance, this letter would be coming to you from a grave in Italy.
要不是这一身浮夸的演技，你收到的这封信可能会从意大利的坟墓里发出来。
Any more questions from you and our friendship is at an end.
你若再起疑，休怪我割袍断义。
Sincerely, Spike Milligan
斯派克·米利甘谨上