英语翻译OnFebruary3rd,1949,NewYorkHarbor(港)wasanexcitingplace.ManypeopleweretheretogreetashipfromFrance.Ontheshipwere49Frenchrailroadboxcars(火车车厢)filledwithgiftsfromthepeopleofFrancetothepeopleofAm

　　英语翻译

　　OnFebruary3rd,1949,NewYorkHarbor(港)wasanexcitingplace.Manypeopleweretheretogreeta

　　shipfromFrance.Ontheshipwere49Frenchrailroadboxcars(火车车厢)filledwithgiftsfromthepeople

　　ofFrancetothepeopleofAmerica.TheseboxcarswerefromthefamousMerciTrain(Merci:aFrenchword

　　meaning"thankyou").

　　AfterWorldWarII(二战),alotoffactories,roadsandfarmsinFrancehadbeendestroyed.ManyFrench

　　peoplehadnojobsormoneyandhadlittletowearandlittletoeat.Inthewinterof1947,atrainwassent

　　acrosstheUnitedStates,stoppingincitiesandtownsalongtheway.Ateverystop,peoplegavewhateverthey

　　could.Factoriesgaveclothingandmedicine.Farmersgavefood.Familiesgavemoney.Evenschoolchildren

　　gaveawaytheirpocketmoney(零用钱).AllthethingswerethentakentoFrancebyship.

　　By1949,theFrenchhadbeguntorecover(恢复)fromthewar.TheMerciTrainwastheirwayofsaying

　　"thankyou"toAmerica.Frenchpeoplehadfilledtheboxcarswithgifts.Mostofthemwerepersonal,like

　　hand-madetoys,children'sdrawings,orpostcards.Buttheboxcarsthemselveswereperhapsthemost

　　meaningfulofthegifts.Oneachcar,theFrenchpeoplehadpaintedthepicturesofalltheir40provinceswith

　　anAmericaneagleonthefront.TheboxcarsweretakentoeachstateofAmerica,wheretheywerewarmly

　　greeted.

　　Nowmanyofthestatesstillkeeptheirboxcars.GiftssentbytheFrenchpeoplecanstillbeseeninsome

　　museums.TheMerciTraincameoutofthewar,butitnowremindstheworldthatcountriescanalsowork

　　togetherinpeace(和平).