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A mother is an extraordinary thing. Take the woman whose toddler was caught on CCTV at Goodge Street Tube station being sucked onto the live tracks by a freak gust of wind.Without a moment’s hesitation, she flings herself off the platform and hoiks the buggy to safety — just seconds before the arrival of an oncoming train. 母亲的力量是不可思议的。正如古奇街地铁站闭路电视拍到的那一幕：当呀呀学步的孩子被一阵反常的风卷入地铁轨道下面时，他的母亲一刻也没有犹豫，纵身跳下站台把儿童车举到了安全地带——而这一切就发生在列车进站的前几秒钟。 Both the men involved — her companion, the clown who failed to apply the buggy’s brake in the first place, and a fellow passenger so lost in the music blaring from his headphones that he seemed oblivious to the entire drama — were as much use as a pair of chocolate teapots. 事发当时现场的两个男人都如同摆设一样毫无作为：一位是这位母亲的同伴，没能在第一时间拉下儿童车的刹车；另一位乘客戴着耳机沉醉在音乐中，对整件事丝毫没有注意。 It’s a remarkable example of motherly instinct — that strange and indefinable sixth sense that kicks in when you have a child. A connection like no other. An invisible thread; light as gossamer yet as strong as steel. 这是母亲本能的最好例子。当一个女人做了母亲，她会有一种奇特而难以言状的第六感，她和孩子间会有一种微妙的联系，像一条看不见的线，轻如蛛丝却强韧如铁。 | 
