Forever Love 永恒的爱.docVIP

Forever Love 永恒的爱 　　如果你不相信这世间有永恒的爱，那么故事中的这对传奇夫妇可以打消你的疑虑。克里福德?哈特兰和玛乔丽?哈特兰的传奇爱情曾经历了战争、苦难折磨与霍乱，但他们凭借对彼此的责任与爱的信念最终携手度过幸福的一生。这段感人肺腑的爱情经历了76年的时间，最终，甚至连死亡都无法使两人分开…… 　　The love that bound Clifford and Marjorie Hartland was invincible.It under-pinned the 76 years of their strong and steadfast marriage.It carried them through the dark days of World War II，and when Clifford，a prisoner of the Japanese，was listed as missing，presumed dead，his wifes faith that he was，in fact，still alive sustained her. 　　It succoured them in sickness；it buoyed them in heaIth.And when death threatened to part them last month，it was love that kept them togeth-er.Clifford died，aged 101，at the care home in Coventry.Then Marjorie，97，slipped away just14 hours later-on their 76th wedding anniversary. 　　克里福德?哈特兰和玛乔丽?哈特兰之间的爱情坚不可摧。这份爱使他们持续了76年的婚姻愈加坚固，这份爱伴随他们走过了二战的黑暗岁月。当时，克里福德沦为日本的战俘，被列为失踪人员，并认定他已死亡，但他的妻子却坚信他仍然活着，而正是这样的信念支撑着她。 　　这份爱，在他们患病的时候给了他们慰藉；这份爱，在他们健康的时候给了他们支持。当死亡威胁着要把他们分开时，正是这份爱，让他们永不分离。上个月，克里福德死于考文垂的老人护理中心，享年101岁。在他死后仅仅14小时，在他们76年结婚纪念日的那一天，他的妻子，97岁的玛乔丽也悄然离世。 　　The Happy Couple 　　Theirs was a life of happy routine，of small，shared pleasures.Clifford had worked as a factory foreman at the Morris car plant in Coventry. 　　Marjorie was a home-maker，an accomplished cake-baker and talented seamstress.They both danced，and Clifford loved carpen-try and would make furniture in his garden shed. 　　He and Marjorie had met in her native Cardiff in a shirt fac-tory，where Clifford was a cutter and Marjorie a machinist.Theym arried in 1938，but their lives together were abruptly interrupted by the war. 　　幸福的一对 　　他们生命里的每一天都是幸福的，充满了小小的、共有的喜悦。克里福德曾是考文垂市莫里斯汽车制造厂的工头。 　　玛乔丽则是一个家务能手，一个技艺娴熟的蛋糕师傅和能干的女裁缝。他们都跳舞，克里福德喜爱干木匠活，他会在自己花园的棚子里做家具。 　　他和玛乔丽在玛乔丽的家乡卡迪夫的一家制衣厂相识，在那里，玛乔丽是一名裁剪工，而克里福德则是一名机械师。他们于1938年结婚。但他们的婚姻生活很快被战争给粗暴地打断了。 　　The Precipitate War 　　Clifford joined the 7th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery and was sent to Singapore，where in 1942 he was one of thousands of British soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese.