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篇章：美國老婦偶遇70年前男友日記
Corporal Thomas Cotton Jones had one last life request before he was killed by a Japanese sniper on a South Pacific island in 1944: Please give my diary to Laura Mae Davis, the girl I love.
美國大兵托馬斯瓊斯1944年在南太平洋島嶼上遭日軍狙擊陣亡，臨終前留下一生最后的請求：請把我的日記交給我心愛的女孩勞拉梅戴維斯 。
Davis, 90, did get to read the diary, but not until last month - nearly seven decades later - when she stumbled upon it in a display case at the National World War II Museum.
90歲的戴維斯直到上個月在美國二戰(zhàn)博物館參觀時才無意間看到這本日記，而這已經(jīng)是70年之后的事情了。
The New Orleans museum is currently holding an exhibit dedicated to the 22-year-old machine gunner - her high school sweetheart - who was one of nearly 2,000 Americans killed in the bloody assault on the Japanese-held island of Peleliu during World War II.
在新奧爾良博物館，有一件展品屬于她的高中男友時年22歲擔任機槍手的瓊斯。二戰(zhàn)期間，近2000名美國大兵在日本占領(lǐng)的貝里琉島陣亡，瓊斯即是其中之一。
I didn t have any idea there was a diary in there, said the Mooresville, Indiana, woman, and the discovery brought her to tears.
我一點都不知道那兒有一本日記， 來自印第安納州穆爾斯維爾的戴維斯說道，發(fā)現(xiàn)日記后，她激動得熱淚盈眶。
I figured I d see pictures of him and the fellows he d served with and articles about where he served, she said.
她說，我本來覺得我只會看到他和戰(zhàn)友們的照片，還有關(guān)于他服役地點的報道。
She was stunned to find her sweetheart s diary - a gift she had given him before he set off to war.
所以當看到前男友的日記時，她非常驚訝，因為日記本是她送給瓊斯的臨別禮物。
The journal s 4-by-7-inch back cover was nearly filled with her photograph. The picture itself was black and white, but the photographer had tinted her cheeks pink and her lips dark red.
這本黑色的日記本寬4英寸長7英寸，里面幾乎塞滿了她的照片。在其中的一張黑白照片上，攝影師為她的臉頰添上了粉色，將她的嘴唇涂成了深紅色。
She had signed it, Love, Laurie.
照片上她還寫了一句話，愛你的勞拉。
The pair met in the class of 41 at Winslow High School. He was a basketball player and I was a cheerleader, she said.
這對曾經(jīng)的情侶相識于溫斯洛高中，兩人是1941屆的同班同學(xué)。 他是籃球隊的，而我是拉拉隊的， 她回憶道。
They had dated through high school and went to the prom together. Jones had given her his class ring but they weren t engaged, she said.
她說，高中時她們一直在一起，還一起參加了畢業(yè)舞會。瓊斯把自己的畢業(yè)戒指送給了她，但他們并沒有訂婚。
Burlingame said she didn t know why she never got the diary. It apparently went first to a sister of Jones whom she didn t know well, she said.
勞拉表示不知道為何自己沒收到這本日記。這本日記應(yīng)該是先寄給了瓊斯的一個姐姐，不過她們并不相熟。
Burlingame said she was touched by the number of times Jones mentioned getting letters from his parents and her.
勞拉說，看到瓊斯那么多次提到從父母和她那兒收到了信，她很感動。
The 22-year-old s last entry in the diary, written aboard the USS Maui on December 1, 1943, described winning $200 at craps. He had a total of $320, he wrote, and if he were back home Laura Mae I would really have a wonderful Xmas.
1943年12月1日，22歲的瓊斯在毛伊島的軍艦上寫下了最后一則日記，他在日記中紀錄道，自己擲骰子贏了200美元。他還寫道，自己身上一共有320美元了，如果能回家，勞拉和我將會一起度過一個美妙的圣誕節(jié)。
篇章：美國老婦偶遇70年前男友日記
Corporal Thomas Cotton Jones had one last life request before he was killed by a Japanese sniper on a South Pacific island in 1944: Please give my diary to Laura Mae Davis, the girl I love.
美國大兵托馬斯瓊斯1944年在南太平洋島嶼上遭日軍狙擊陣亡，臨終前留下一生最后的請求：請把我的日記交給我心愛的女孩勞拉梅戴維斯 。
Davis, 90, did get to read the diary, but not until last month - nearly seven decades later - when she stumbled upon it in a display case at the National World War II Museum.
90歲的戴維斯直到上個月在美國二戰(zhàn)博物館參觀時才無意間看到這本日記，而這已經(jīng)是70年之后的事情了。
The New Orleans museum is currently holding an exhibit dedicated to the 22-year-old machine gunner - her high school sweetheart - who was one of nearly 2,000 Americans killed in the bloody assault on the Japanese-held island of Peleliu during World War II.
在新奧爾良博物館，有一件展品屬于她的高中男友時年22歲擔任機槍手的瓊斯。二戰(zhàn)期間，近2000名美國大兵在日本占領(lǐng)的貝里琉島陣亡，瓊斯即是其中之一。
I didn t have any idea there was a diary in there, said the Mooresville, Indiana, woman, and the discovery brought her to tears.
我一點都不知道那兒有一本日記， 來自印第安納州穆爾斯維爾的戴維斯說道，發(fā)現(xiàn)日記后，她激動得熱淚盈眶。
I figured I d see pictures of him and the fellows he d served with and articles about where he served, she said.
她說，我本來覺得我只會看到他和戰(zhàn)友們的照片，還有關(guān)于他服役地點的報道。
She was stunned to find her sweetheart s diary - a gift she had given him before he set off to war.
所以當看到前男友的日記時，她非常驚訝，因為日記本是她送給瓊斯的臨別禮物。
The journal s 4-by-7-inch back cover was nearly filled with her photograph. The picture itself was black and white, but the photographer had tinted her cheeks pink and her lips dark red.
這本黑色的日記本寬4英寸長7英寸，里面幾乎塞滿了她的照片。在其中的一張黑白照片上，攝影師為她的臉頰添上了粉色，將她的嘴唇涂成了深紅色。
She had signed it, Love, Laurie.
照片上她還寫了一句話，愛你的勞拉。
The pair met in the class of 41 at Winslow High School. He was a basketball player and I was a cheerleader, she said.
這對曾經(jīng)的情侶相識于溫斯洛高中，兩人是1941屆的同班同學(xué)。 他是籃球隊的，而我是拉拉隊的， 她回憶道。
They had dated through high school and went to the prom together. Jones had given her his class ring but they weren t engaged, she said.
她說，高中時她們一直在一起，還一起參加了畢業(yè)舞會。瓊斯把自己的畢業(yè)戒指送給了她，但他們并沒有訂婚。
Burlingame said she didn t know why she never got the diary. It apparently went first to a sister of Jones whom she didn t know well, she said.
勞拉表示不知道為何自己沒收到這本日記。這本日記應(yīng)該是先寄給了瓊斯的一個姐姐，不過她們并不相熟。
Burlingame said she was touched by the number of times Jones mentioned getting letters from his parents and her.
勞拉說，看到瓊斯那么多次提到從父母和她那兒收到了信，她很感動。
The 22-year-old s last entry in the diary, written aboard the USS Maui on December 1, 1943, described winning $200 at craps. He had a total of $320, he wrote, and if he were back home Laura Mae I would really have a wonderful Xmas.
1943年12月1日，22歲的瓊斯在毛伊島的軍艦上寫下了最后一則日記，他在日記中紀錄道，自己擲骰子贏了200美元。他還寫道，自己身上一共有320美元了，如果能回家，勞拉和我將會一起度過一個美妙的圣誕節(jié)。
