5 Chapter 3 Another World War

Chapter 3 Another World War After Hitler invaded Poland in September of 1939, England and France declared war. This was the start of World War II. Italy sided with Germany. For the time being, the United States—an ocean away—stayed out of the conflict. As for the little country of the Netherlands, it remained neutral. That meant it did not take sides. The Dutch hoped that this would keep Hitler's army away.

1939年9月希特勒入侵波兰后，英法宣战。 这是第二次世界大战的开始。 意大利站在德国一边。目前，大洋之隔的美国置身事外。 至于荷兰这个小国，它保持中立。 这意味着它不偏袒任何一方。 荷兰人希望这样能把希特勒的军队挡在外面。

At night over coffee and cake, the Franks and other Jewish families in Amsterdam talked about the war. Their dream was that Hitler would be defeated. Then they could all return to Germany. On the radio, they listened to the latest news. But they never discussed their fears about the future in front of the children.

晚上，弗兰克一家和阿姆斯特丹的其他犹太家庭一边喝着咖啡、吃着蛋糕，一边谈论战争。 他们的梦想是希特勒会被打败。 然后他们都可以回到德国。 他们在收音机里收听最新的新闻。 但他们从不在孩子面前谈论他们对未来的恐惧。

The Franks went about their daily lives. They took family trips. One summer vacation was spent at a seaside town in Belgium. One spring they toured the canals of the Netherlands in a houseboat.

法兰克一家过着他们的日常生活。 他们进行家庭旅行。有一年暑假是在比利时的一个海滨小镇度过的。 有一年春天，他们乘船屋游览了荷兰的运河。

The first months of 1940 were bitterly cold. Anne did not mind. The canals remained frozen for much longer than usual. She and her friends spent many hours ice-skating. She was ten and a half now and longed for real figure skates. That

1940年的头几个月非常寒冷。 安妮并不介意。运河冻结的时间比平时长得多。 她和她的朋友们花了很多时间滑冰。 她现在十岁半了，渴望穿真正的花样滑冰鞋。 那

way she could do jumps and other tricks on the ice. All she had were Margot's old skates. They were just blades that attached to Anne's shoes with a key. Her parents had no time to think about ice skates. They were worried about an attack on the Netherlands. There were many warnings about the Germans invading. But time and again, the warnings proved to be false alarms. Late that spring the weather turned warm and sunny. And suddenly everyone's worst fear came true. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded. Hitler had only been waiting for warmer weather to send in his planes. The morning of the attack, bombs dropped from the sky. Amsterdam shook as if there had been an earthquake.

她可以在冰上跳跃和其他花样。 她只有玛戈特的旧冰鞋。 它们只是用一把钥匙连接在安妮鞋子上的刀片。 她的父母没有时间考虑溜冰鞋。 他们担心荷兰会遭到袭击。 有许多关于德国人入侵的警告。 但一次又一次，这些警告被证明是虚惊一场。 那年春末，天气转暖，阳光明媚。 突然间，所有人最担心的事情都成真了。 1940年5月10日，德国入侵。 希特勒一直在等待天气转暖，以便派遣他的飞机。 袭击发生的那天早晨，炸弹从天而降。 阿姆斯特丹像发生了地震一样摇晃着。

Two days later more bombs fell on Amsterdam. The airport was on fire. So was the harbor. But Amsterdam was lucky. Another city, Rotterdam, had been destroyed. Thousands of people died.

两天后，更多的炸弹落在阿姆斯特丹。 机场着火了。港口也是如此。 但阿姆斯特丹很幸运。另一座城市鹿特丹也被摧毁。 数千人死亡。