Mind the gap：伦敦地铁提示音背后的温暖爱情故事
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="widow">widow</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="wish">wish</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="London">London</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="subway">subway</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="restore">restore</span> <span word="a">a</span> 40-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subway">subway</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> "<span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gap">gap</span>" <span word="announcement">announcement</span>.</p><p>一位孀居老太太希望能再听到她已故丈夫声音的愿望，使伦敦的地铁系统恢复了有40多年历史著名的“<span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gap">gap</span>”的提示音广播。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Underground">Underground</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tube">Tube</span>, <span word="tracked">tracked</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Oswald">Oswald</span> <span word="Lawrence">Lawrence</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="widow">widow</span>, <span word="Margaret">Margaret</span> <span word="McCollum">McCollum</span>, <span word="approached">approached</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span>.</p><p>伦敦地铁（<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Underground">Underground</span>）还有个昵称叫“<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tube">Tube</span>”（管子），地铁工作人员在听了玛格丽特·麦科勒姆的故事，了解到这个提示音广播对她意义深刻后，就去查出了她的已故丈夫奥斯瓦尔德·劳伦斯录下的声音。</p><p><span word="McCollum">McCollum</span>, 65, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="frequently">frequently</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="Embankment">Embankment</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="journeys">journeys</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="listen">listen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Lawrence">Lawrence</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="voice">voice</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2007. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="aback">aback</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="replaced">replaced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="voice">voice</span>.</p><p>玛格丽特今年65岁了，她说自己经常来河堤地铁站，出门也多会经过这个地铁站，来听到丈夫劳伦斯的声音，在他2007年去世之前她就经常这么做。在去年11月，当她发现丈夫劳伦斯的声音被一个不同的声音代替后，她很吃惊。</p><p>"<span word="For">For</span> <span word="many">many</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Embankment">Embankment</span> <span word="Station">Station</span> <span word="northbound">northbound</span> <span word="platform">platform</span>. <span word="That">That</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="retired">retired</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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