The childhood sweethearts, D-Day veteran Roy Vickerman, 90, and his bride-to-be Nora Jackson, 89, are now set to marry, 72 years after Roy first proposed in 1944.
童年時(shí)代的一對(duì)愛(ài)侶，諾曼底登陸日的軍人羅伊·威克曼，今年90歲，他的準(zhǔn)新娘諾拉·杰克森，今年89歲，現(xiàn)在準(zhǔn)備好要結(jié)婚了。羅伊早在1944年就求婚了。

The couple first met in 1940 at school in Staffordshire. They fell in love and got engaged in 1944, both aged 18, a week before Roy went to fight in the D-Day Landings in Normandy.
這對(duì)情侶最初1940年在史丹?？さ囊凰鶎W(xué)校里認(rèn)識(shí)。他們墜入了愛(ài)河，于1944年訂婚，兩人當(dāng)時(shí)18歲，而一個(gè)禮拜后羅伊去諾曼底登陸戰(zhàn)斗了。

Roy was later shot during the Allied Invasion of Germany in 1945 and the shell-shock he suffered on his return to England eventually led to the breakdown of his relationship with Nora.
羅伊后來(lái)在1945年德國(guó)盟軍入侵時(shí)遭槍擊，回英國(guó)途中飽受彈震癥之苦，最終導(dǎo)致和諾拉分手。

They both moved on with their lives and went on to marry and have children, followed by grandchildren, although they both sadly lost their partners in later years.
他們彼此繼續(xù)生活、各自嫁娶，有了小孩和第三代，盡管后來(lái)他們婚姻中都痛失伴侶。

Nora didn’t think she’d ever see Roy again, but she still thought of him occasionally. And, 70 years later, Roy tracked his childhood sweetheart down. After he called the BBC Midlands radio show ‘Late Night Love’, to tell their wartime story.
諾拉沒(méi)想到自己能重見(jiàn)羅伊，但仍會(huì)偶爾想起他。70年后，羅伊一路追溯自己孩提時(shí)代的戀人的下落。他致電英國(guó)中部BBC一檔名為“深夜摯愛(ài)”的廣播節(jié)目，講述他們倆的戰(zhàn)時(shí)故事。

Not knowing whether Nora was married or not, Roy simply planned to give her a bunch of flowers, apologise for the way their romance ended.
羅伊并不知曉諾拉是否結(jié)婚，他只想著要給諾拉獻(xiàn)上一捧花，為他們的浪漫愛(ài)情不了了之說(shuō)聲抱歉。

A year on, Roy proposed to Nora for a second time, during his 90th birthday celebrations. They’re now planning a summer wedding.
一年后，羅伊在90歲生日的時(shí)候第二次向諾拉求婚。他們計(jì)劃夏天舉辦婚禮。

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