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Paris at Last Messages of Good-will
巴黎終于發出了善意的信息
In a little over two hours the coast of England appeared. Then across the English Channel the brave flier made his way. At last Cherbourg on the French coast was reached, and not long after, the beacons of the Paris-London airway could be seen. It was dark again—almost 10 p. m. (5 p. m. New York time). Flares had been lighted at the landing field of Le Bourget to attract Lindbergh’s notice as he neared Paris. He saw these flares, but traveled a few miles farther to make sure this really was the right landing place, and then he turned back again. He noticed lines of autos crowding the roads near the field, and he could make out the long lines of hangars.
兩個多小時后，看到了英格蘭海岸線。然后，這位勇敢的飛行員橫渡了英吉利海峽。終于到達了法國海岸的瑟堡，不久之后，巴黎-倫敦航路上的信標就出現了。大約晚上10點(紐約時間下午5點)天又黑了。林德伯格在接近巴黎的時候，為了引起他的注意，布爾歇機場的起降場點燃了照明彈。他看到了這些亮光，但又走遠了幾英里，以確定這確實是正確的著陸地點，然后他又返回。他注意到附近的道路上擠滿了一排排的汽車，他能辨認出一排排的飛機庫。
At last Lindbergh brought his plane down upon the aviation field at Le Bourget. He had arrived at the very place for which he had set out just thirty-three and a half hours before!
最后林德伯格把他的飛機降落在布爾歇機場的機場。他又回到了33個小時之前出發的地方、以及一個半小時之前到達的地方！
A great shout went up from the crowd of people which had gathered. Lindbergh had to get out of his plane quickly in order to save it from being damaged by the vast throng which was pressing upon it. For half an hour Lindbergh was carried about upon the shoulders of different men of the crowd. No one carried him very far or seemed to want to take him away. He was just carried around and around within a very small area. Every one shouted and hurrahed, and there was such an uproar it was impossible to hear anyone speak.
聚集的人群發出一聲大的喊叫。林德伯格不得不迅速離開飛機，以防人群把飛機壓壞。有半個小時，林德伯格都被人群中不同的人扛在肩上。沒有人把他帶到很遠的地方，也沒有人想把他帶走。他只是在一個很小的區域里被帶著到處跑。每個人都大喊大叫，吵吵鬧鬧的，在這種情況下任何人講話都不可能被聽到。
At last the French military fliers took charge. One of them quickly removed Lindbergh’s helmet and placed it upon the head of an American newspaper reporter who happened to be near.
最后法國軍事飛行員接管了這一場面。其中一人迅速摘下林德伯格的頭盔，把它戴在一位碰巧在附近的美國報社記者的頭上。
