During¹ World War² II, a lot of young women in Britain³ were in the army⁴. Joan Phillips was⁵ one of them. She worked in a big camp⁶, and of course⁷ met a lot of men, officers⁸ and soldiers¹⁰.

One evening she met Captain¹¹ Humphreys at a dance. He said¹² to her, I'm going¹³ abroad¹⁴ tomorrow, but I'd be very happy if we could¹⁵ write to each other. Joan agreed¹⁶, and they wrote¹⁷ for several¹⁸ months.

Then his letters stopped, but she received¹⁹ one from another officer⁹, telling her that he had²⁰ been wounded²¹ and was in a certain²² army hospital in England.

Joan went there and said to the matron（主妇，保姆） , I've come to visit Captain Humphreys.

Only relatives²³ are allowed²⁴ to visit patients²⁵ here, the matron said.

Oh, that's all right, answered Joan. I'm his sister.

I'm very pleased²⁶ to meet you, the matron said, I'm his mother!

在第二次世界大战中，有许多年轻的妇女在军营中服役。琼.飞利浦斯是其中之一。她在一个大军营中工作，当然遇到了许多男士，包括军官和士兵。

一天晚上她在舞会上遇到了军官汉弗雷斯。他对她说，我明天就要出国，但如果我们能够相互写信，我会很高兴。琼同意了，于是他们几个月里一直通着信。

后来，他再没有来信。她收到了另一个军官的信，告诉她，他受伤了，住在英格兰的某个部队医院里。

琼到了医院，她对护士长说，我来看望军官汉弗雷斯。

这里只有亲属可以探望病人。护士长说。

噢，是的，琼说，我是他的妹妹。

很高兴认识你，护士长说，我是他的母亲。