拿破仑·波拿巴

华中科技大学附属中学高一（7）班 柴博闻 供稿

初露锋芒

Napoléon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in a noble family in Ajaccio,Corsica.Under the arrangement of his father,Napoléon went to Brienne Minitary Academy at the age of 9.In 1784,he graduated with perfect grade and was sent to Paris Officer School.When he was 16,his father passed away.Then he dropped out of school and was honored with Artillery lieutenant title.拿破仑·波拿巴于1769年出生于科西嘉岛的阿雅克肖城的贵族世家。在父亲的安排下，拿破仑9岁就到法国布里埃纳军校接受教育。1784年以优异成绩毕业后，他被选送到巴黎军官学校。16岁时父亲去世，他中途辍学并被授予炮兵少尉头衔。

Being an outstanding strategist,Napoléon was good at applying military strategies into practice.He was appointed as commander-in-chief of the Italian Front Army of the Republic of France on March,2nd,1796.拿破仑是一名出色的军事家，善于将各种军事策略运用于实战之中。1796年3月2日，拿破仑被任命为法兰西共和国意大利方面军总司令。

第一执政

On November 9th,1799,Napoléon staged the Coup of Brumaire,which was a big success.Thus,Napoléon became the First Consul of the Republic of France,who actually was a dictator.1799年11月9日，拿破仑发动了雾月政变并获得成功。他成为法兰西共和国第一执政，实际上为独裁者。In August,1802,Napoléon revised the 8-year-republican constitution into lifelong reign.On 6th,November,1804,an 8-yearrepublican constitution was voted via referendum.On December 2nd,the same year,he was coronated by himself instead of Saint Pius VII.1802年8月，拿破仑修订任期八年的共和宪法，改为终身执政。1804年11月6日，公民投票通过任期十二年的共和宪法。同年12月2日正式加冕，他并不是由教皇陛下七世加冕，而是自己将皇冠戴到了头上。

称帝封王

失败

On June 18,1815,Napoleon led the French army to start a decisive battle with the Prussian and British allied army at the town of Waterloo in Belgium.For some reasons,the allied army won the decisive victory.Although French army showed great courage,they

met with failure.And Napoleon’s political life and military life came to an end.And meet one’s Waterloo is the Synonym of suffering great failure.1815年 6月 18日，拿破仑一世率领的法军对英普联军在比利时小镇滑铁卢决战。由于种种原因，英普联军获得了决定性胜利，虽然法军表现出了极大的勇敢，却因种种原因遭到惨败，拿破仑的政治生命、军事生涯就此终结。因此，英语中的meet one’s Waterloo就成了惨遭失败的同义词。