盘点左撇子名人（4）

　　No. 4 Napoleon Bonaparte 拿破仑·波拿巴

　　Legend has it that Napoleon objected to the time-honored military practice of marching on the left side of the road with weapons at the ready in the right hand: it put lefties like him at a strategic disadvantage. Once in power, the story goes, the French emperor--whose queen, Josephine, was also a southpaw--ordered his armies to switch sides. Civilians in countries he conquered had to do the same. Hence, supposedly, the rules of the road as we know them were born, which also explains why the British (who, along with the Prussians, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo) still drive on the left.

　　据传，拿破仑反对士兵站在道路的左边而右手拿着武器这一经历了时间考验的军事惯例，这项惯例让像他这样的左撇子在战术上非常不利。据传说中记载，这位法国国王(他的王后约瑟芬也是左撇子)掌权之后，命令军队士兵改变左右列队位置。所有他所征服的国家百姓也都必须这样做。据说，因此也就产生了我们现在所知的道路法规，这也解释了为什么英国人是靠马路左边开车的。(英国人和普鲁士人在滑铁卢打败了拿破仑)