新概念阅读：此"声"可待成追忆

An old widow's wish to hear her late husband's voice again has prompted  London's subway system to restore a 40-year-old recording of the subway's famous  "mind the gap" announcement.

为了满足一位孀居老太太渴望听到她已故丈夫声音的愿望，伦敦地铁系统准备再次启用一段“小心空隙”的提示音广播。这段有名的提示音已有40年的历史。

McCollum, 65, used to frequently visit a subway station or plan her  journeys around the stop to listen to her husband Lawrence's voice, even before  his death in 2007.

这位老太太名叫麦考伦，今年65岁。她过去经常来到一个地铁站，或是刻意途径此站，只为听到丈夫劳伦斯的声音，甚至在他2007年去世之前她就经常这么做了。

Lawrence was a drama school graduate when he auditioned for the underground  recording, she recalled. "After he died, I would stay on the platform. I would  just sit and listen to it again," she added. "It was a huge comfort. It was very  special."

麦考伦回忆说，劳伦斯参加这段地铁录音的面试时才刚从戏剧学校毕业。“他过世之后，我会待在站台上，静静坐着，一遍遍地听着录音，”她补充道。“这是一种莫大的安慰，很特别。”

McCollum was taken aback last November when she noticed Lawrence’s voice  had been replaced by a different voice. When she approached an underground  worker, she was told the station had a new broadcast system and it could not use  the old recording anymore.

去年11月，麦考伦发现劳伦斯的声音被一个不同的声音代替时很吃惊。她找到一位地铁工作人员问问情况，结果被告知地铁站有了新的广播系统，不会再用原来的录音了。

But the staff was so moved by McCollum's story that they dug up the  recording and gave the widow a copy of the announcement on a CD. The staff is  now working to restore Lawrence's announcement at the station.

但是，地铁工作人员被麦考伦的故事深深打动了，因此他们翻出了旧版录音，给了她一张CD，上面拷贝了这段录音。如今，他们也在尽量争取在地铁站里重新播出劳伦斯的录音。

McCollum has been overwhelmed by the media attention to her story, and  hoped that she could hear Lawrence's voice in the station again soon. She said,  "Lawrence was a great London transport user all his life. He would be amused and  touched and delighted to know he's back where he belonged."

媒体对麦考伦的故事的关注令她非常感动，她也希望能尽快听到劳伦斯的声音在地铁站再次响起。她说：“劳伦斯生前会很频繁地搭乘伦敦交通。如果知道自己回到了属于他的地方，他肯定会感到愉快、感动和兴奋。”

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