用英语讲二战历史（活在二战时期静待爱情的英国奇女子）

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英国女子活在二战年代

For the last decade, Joanne Frances from the UK has been living life as if the Second World War has just broken out. The 41-year-old has eschewed modern life and technology in favor an authentic wartime existence.

在过去的十年里，英国的乔安妮·弗朗西丝一直都活在二战刚刚爆发时的世界里。这名41岁的女人避开了现代的生活和科技，崇尚一种真实的战时生活。

She has no computer, washing machine, television or car—instead cycling to work on an 80-year-old bike. Living most days in an authentic Land Girl’s uniform, she sometimes spends the evening in an air-raid shelter she built in the garden.

她没有电脑、洗衣机、电视机或者是汽车——反倒骑着一辆有着80年历史的自行车上班。她大多数时间都穿着一件战时劳军女郎的制服，有时在她自己在花园里建的防空洞里过夜。

The woman, who works as a cleaner, has committed to the austere life of the 1940s. But one thing is missing from her life—a wartime husband.

乔安妮是一名清洁工，她早已决定要过二十世纪四十年代的简朴生活。不过，她还缺少一个战争时期的丈夫。

“I would like to meet someone,” she said. “I’ve had few boyfriends, but I know I’m a bit of a novelty and once that novelty wears off, most people find me quite hard to live with. But I still like to think that I am a pretty good catch.”

“我想遇到那个人，”她说。“我曾经有过几个男朋友，但我知道，我对他们来说是一个很新鲜的女人，可一旦这股新鲜劲过了，大多数人又会发现我非常难相处，但是我仍然觉得自己是一个漂亮合适的对象。”

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世界最怪异纪念建筑盘点

While many small towns or cities around the world feature statues or attractions paying tribute to local heroes or figures, some have gone out of their way to create something kooky to lure visitors. Usually it’s a small town claiming to have an object that is the world’s largest.

世界各地的许多小镇或城市以缅怀当地英雄人物的雕像或旅游景点为特色，以此来吸引游客，而一些地方却不走寻常路，建造一些怪异的东西来吸引游客，通常就是一个小镇声称有世界上最大的某物。

One of Australia’s most famous “big things” is a boxing crocodile in the town of Humpty Doo. Inspired by a play on the boxing kangaroo, the town erected the monument as a nod to the fact that there are more crocodiles in Australia’s Northern Territory than anywhere else in the world.

澳大利亚最有名的一个“大家伙”是在小城汉普蒂杜的拳击鳄鱼。受一部关于拳击袋鼠的电影启发，这个小镇竖立该纪念碑，以此来证明澳大利亚北领地鳄鱼的数量超过世界上任何地方的事实。

Other strange monuments include a replica of the Starship Enterprise in Canada, a giant chest of drawers in the US and an upside-down house in China.

其他怪异的纪念建筑有加拿大的“星舰企业号”的复制品、美国的巨大抽屉和中国倒置房等。

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