英语小故事带翻译The Unlikely Reunion

 　　The Unlikely Reunion相聚无望

　　On December 26, 2004, a 10-minute long earthquake with a 9.3 magnitude occurred in the Indian Ocean. This massive earthquake, which is the third strongest ever recorded in history, triggered various powerful tsunamis that reached over a dozen countries' shores. Nearly 230,000 people were killed by the catastrophe, and hundreds of thousands of others ended up injured or missing. In the midst of all the devastation caused by this disaster, many amazing and inspiring survival stories have emerged. One of the most extraordinary of these is the story of a young girl named Wati.

　　在2004年12月26日，印度洋发生了一起长达10分钟的9.3级大地震。这次大地震是历史上最有记载的第三次地震，引发了十多个国家海岸的各种强大的海啸。近230000人被这一灾难杀死，成千上万的人最终受伤或失踪。在这场灾难造成的所有破坏当中，许多令人惊叹的和令人鼓舞的生存故事已经出现了。最特别的是一名年轻的女孩的故事等。

　　The tsunami struck her hometown of Aceh when she was only eight years old. Like so many others, the powerful waves separated her from her family, and she ended up being washed into an unknown town. After many years of searching for her, her family gave up and assumed she had died after being swept away. Miraculously, Wati was returned to her parents seven years later, at the age of 15!

　　海啸袭击她的家乡亚齐时她只有八岁。像其他的许多人一样，强大的海浪把她从她的家人中分离出来，她最终被冲到了一个未知的城市。经过多年的寻找未果，她的家人放弃了，并认为她被冲走后已经死了。奇迹出现了，当她七年后回到父母身边时她已经15岁了！

　　According to Wati, she had been "adopted" by a stranger who found her on the streets after the tsunami. Although the woman took her in to live with her, she forced Wati to beg on the streets and would often beat her if she did not make enough money. The girl had tried to find her family by asking for help from strangers, but did not remember the names of her parents and could only vaguely remember that she had a grandfather named Ibraham.

　　据维婷所说，在海啸发生后她曾经被一个陌生人发现，并且收养了她。虽然女人让她和她住在一起，但她强迫年轻人在街上乞讨，通常如果她没有足够的钱打她。她曾试图寻求陌生人的帮助找到她的家人，但不记得她父母的名字，只能依稀记得她祖父名叫依布拉汉。

　　Finally one day, a cab driver who heard Wati's story happened to know an old man with that name in a nearby town and decided to take her to him. Although the old man did not recognize her at first, he took Wati to see his daughter. "When I saw my mother, I knew it was her," said the 15-year-old. "I just knew." The parents were able to confirm that it really was their daughter based on a scar and birthmark on the girl's hip. This miraculous story is unfortunately one of the only confirmed reunions among families that were separated by the disaster.

　　终于有一天，一个出租车司机们听到维婷的故事，碰巧知道在附近的一个小镇上一名老人，决定带她到他。一开始老人没有认出她，然后又带她去找了她的女儿。“当我看到我的母亲，我会认出来的。”十五岁的她说。“我只知道。”父母对女孩的臀部疤痕、胎记，确认它真的是他们的女儿。这个神奇的故事是唯一证实的家庭被灾难之间分离，团聚。