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拿破仑是一位伟大的军事家，200多年来拿破仑一直是个热门话题，其传奇的一生在多数人心目中是一场辉煌的悲剧。那么，拿破仑用英语怎么说呢？About Napoléon关于拿破仑Napoléon Bonaparte was a military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution. As Napoléon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815.Napoléon was born in Corsica to parents of noble Italian ancestry and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. Bonaparte rose to prominence under the French First Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup détat and installed himself as First Consul; five years later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. In the first decade of the 19th century, the French Empire under Napoléon engaged in a series of conflicts―the Napoléonic Wars―involving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoléon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states. Napoléon’s campaigns are studied at military academies throughout much of the world.The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoléon’s fortunes. His Grande Armée was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoléon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba. Less than a year later, he escaped Elba and returned to power, but was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Napoléon spent the last six years of his life in confinement by the British on the island of Saint Helena. An autopsy concluded he died of stomach cancer, though Sten Forshufvud and other scientists have since conjectured he was poisoned with arsenic.拿破仑有句脍炙人口的名言：不想当将军的士兵，不是好士兵。这是他亲口说的或是用笔写下来的。但我估计他心里还有没说的另外一句：不想当皇帝的将军，不是好将军！和几乎所有伟人一样，拿破仑不说从小就有当皇帝的大志，但是好斗的性格则是从娘胎里出来就有的――好斗是成为一个伟人的必要条件。伟人和凡人的区别就是：伟人制定游戏规则，凡人遵守游戏规则。而只有具备了好斗的性格，才有可能会不屈从于原来的规则，并且试着去改善、改变甚至完全打破一切约束去制定规则的眼光、勇气以及能力。这些对于成为一个伟人来说是缺一不可的。很幸运，拿破仑就是这样的人物，至少他有成为一个伟人的天赋。