During¹ World War² Two, a lot of young women in Britain³ were in the army⁴. Joan Phillips was one of them. She worked in a big camp⁵, and of course⁶ met a lot of men, officers⁸ and soldiers⁹.

第二次世界大战期间，英国的许多青年妇女在军中服役。琼·菲利普斯就是其中的一个。她在一个大军营里工作，自然结识了许多男人，既有军官，又有士兵。

One evening she met Captain¹⁰ Humphrey at a dance. He said¹¹ to her, "I' m going¹² abroad¹³ tomorrow, but I'd be very happy if we could¹⁴ write to each other.” Joan agreed¹⁵, and they wrote¹⁶ for several¹⁷ months.

一天晚上，她在舞会上认识了汉弗莱兹上尉。他对她说:“明天我将出国，如果我们能相互通信，我将非常高兴。”琼同意了。他们书信来往，数月不断。

Then his letters stopped, but she received¹⁸ one from another officer⁷, telling her that he had¹⁹ been wounded²⁰ and was in a certain²¹ army hospital in England.

后来他的来信中断了，但她收到另一位军官的来信，信中告诉她汉弗莱兹受了伤，现住在英国某陆军医院里。

Joan went there and said to the matron, "I've come to visit captain Humphrey.”

琼找到那家医院，对护士长说:“我来探望汉弗莱兹上尉。”

Only relatives²² are allowed²³ to visit patients²⁴ here," the matron said.

“这里只允许亲属探望病人。”护士长说。

“Oh, that' s all right，”answered Joan." I'm his sister.”

“哦，那好吧，”琼回答说:“我是他妹妹。”

"I’m very pleased²⁵ to meet you ,”the matron said，"I' m his mother!”

“很高兴认识你，”护士长说:“我是他的母亲。”