013 站台上的陌生人

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For many nights after the children saved the train, Bobbie woke up screaming with nightmares

在孩子们救下火车后的许多夜里，博比总是尖叫着从噩梦中惊醒。

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One morning a letter arrived

一天早上，来了一封信。

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It was addressed to Peter, Bobbie, and Phyllis

收信人是彼得、博比和菲利斯。

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Curious, they opened the letter quickly. It said:

出于好奇，他们很快打开了信。信上写着：

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Dear Sir and Ladies

亲爱的先生和女士们，

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Thank you for saving the train and stopping a very bad accident

感谢你们拦停火车，避免了一起非常严重的事故。

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Please come to the station at three o'clock, on the 30th of the month

请于本月30日下午三点来车站一趟。

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Yours faithfully, J. Inglewood

你们忠实的， J·英格伍德

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Secretary of the Great Northern and Southern Railway Company

大北方与南方铁路公司 秘书

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It was to be a special day indeed

这确实将是一个特别的日子。

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The children went to the station at three o'clock, dressed in their best clothes

孩子们在三点钟时去了车站，穿着他们最好的衣服。

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The stationmaster came to meet them

站长出来迎接他们。

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" Come into the waiting room," he said

“到候车室里来吧，”他说。

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The waiting room looked very different today

候车室今天看起来大不一样。

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There was a carpet on the floor and roses on the windowsills

地上铺着地毯，窗台上摆着玫瑰花。

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Green branches hung from the wall

墙上挂着绿色的枝条。

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Perks, the porter, was there, as well as several men with tall hats

搬运工珀克斯也在那儿，还有几位戴着高帽子的男士。

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There were ladies in expensive dresses too

还有一些穿着昂贵长裙的女士们。

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Best of all, the old gentleman from the train was there

最棒的是，火车上的那位老先生也在那里。

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He came across the room to shake the children's hands

他穿过房间，来和孩子们握手。

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Then an important-looking man stood up

然后，一位看上去很重要的人物站了起来。

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He spoke about how bravely the children had acted

他讲述了孩子们的行为是多么勇敢。

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Next the old gentleman got up and said nice things about the children too

接着老先生也站起来，同样说了许多表扬孩子们的话。

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Then he called the children one by one, and gave each of them a beautiful gold watch and chain

然后他逐一叫到孩子们，给了每个人一条配链子的漂亮金表。

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Inside the watches there was a message

表壳里面刻有一句话。

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You were very brave

“你们非常勇敢。

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Thank you for stopping a train accident

感谢你们阻止了一场火车事故。

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From the Directors of the Railway Company

——铁路公司董事会敬赠。”

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The stationmaster whispered to Bobbie," Now you must make a speech and thank everyone," and he gently pushed Bobbie forward

站长低声对博比说：“现在你得讲几句话感谢大家。”然后他轻轻把博比推到了前面。

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" Oh dear," said Bobbie

“哦，天哪，”博比说。

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" Ladies and gentlemen," she began," thank you for these lovely watches

“女士们，先生们，”她开始说道，“谢谢你们这些可爱的手表。

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We really don't deserve them, because what we did wasn't anything really

我们真的配不上它们，因为我们所做的事真的不算什么大事。

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Well, it was exciting and frightening... Oh, thank you all very much!"

嗯，那确实很刺激也很吓人……哦，非常感谢大家！”

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The people clapped, and then everybody shook hands with the three children

人们鼓起掌来，然后每个人都和这三个孩子握了手。

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It was a wonderful day

这是美好的一天。

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Afterward the old gentleman walked with them to their little white house

后来，老先生陪着他们走回了他们的小白房子。

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" I want to meet the mother of these brave and clever children," he said

“我想见见这些既勇敢又聪明的孩子的母亲，”他说。

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Mother was surprised to see their visitor

母亲见到他们的访客感到很惊讶。

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She thanked the old man again for the things he had sent when she was ill

她再次感谢了老先生在她生病时寄来的东西。

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While they had tea and buns, the children told Mother about the people at the station

他们一起喝茶、吃小圆面包时，孩子们把车站里那些人的事告诉了母亲。

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Mother and the old gentleman chatted in French and English

母亲和老先生用法语和英语聊着天。

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When it was time for the old gentleman to leave, Mother said

到老先生该离开的时候，母亲说：

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" Lovely to meet you

“很高兴见到您。

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I want to thank you for everything."

我想感谢您所做的一切。”

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Then the children waved good-bye to the old gentleman

然后，孩子们向老先生挥手告别。

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It was just as they did every morning when his train passed by

就像他们每天早上他的火车经过时做的那样。