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[9-3]英国母女捡到中文爱情漂流瓶

A romantic message-in-a-bottle discovered by a mother and daughter at a Scottish beach has sparked a mystery about whether it could have travelled 5,000 miles across the seas from China.

英国苏格兰一对母女近日在海滩上捡到了一个装有中文纸条的爱情漂流瓶。它是如何漂洋过海五千英里来到英国的也成为谜团。


The love letter was found by mother and daughter, Nicola MacFarlane, 41, and Lucy, four, from Portobello, while they were beachcombing.



Nicola MacFarlane, 41, and daughter Lucy, four, from Portobello, near Edinburgh, were scouring Portobello Beach when they came across an old glass bottle sticking out of the sand containing a note inside written in Mandarin.

Now the family are trying to work out if the letter has managed the extraordinary journey across the South China Sea, into the Indian Ocean and through both the South Atlantic and the North Atlantic Ocean's before washing up on the shores of Great Britain.

It is unclear when the letter was sent off, as it was written on Chinese Valentine's Day, or Qixi Festival as it is more traditionally known, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

While the letter bears the date in line with the lunar calendar - July 7, 2012 - it could have been sent off as recently as six days ago if it followed the modern calendar, which celebrated the occasion on August 23.

Whether the message has travelled thousands of miles from China or whether it was penned by a love-struck pair much closer to home remains a mystery.

But for Nicola it doesn't matter - she was still excited to read about the Chinese love story after having it translated.

She said: 'I really do hope that it is from China but even it is from nearer to home, it's still a lovely gesture and an inspiring find. It's a love story regardless of where it came from.'

Nicola, who runs a beach art business in Portobello, added: 'I'm always at the beach looking for bits of driftwood but I've never come across anything like this before.

Unable to read the Mandarin text, Nicola turned to the internet and her Australian friend, Julie Gould, whose daughter attended a Chinese school in Sydney.

Several hours later Julie returned with the news that it was in fact a love letter.

The translated letter reads: 'Da Hai: Ocean, I hope no-one will get this bottle, as we just wish you can hear our voice, and get your blessing.

'Today is the Chinese Valentine's Day, we pray that our relationship will last forever and we will have a long happy life together.'
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hehe ! The bottle is mine,xixi!

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