British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) meets 112 year-old Henry Allingham, one of only three British surviving veterans of the First World War, at the opening of the "In Memorium: Remembering the Great War" exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, on September 29, 2008.
英國首相布朗（右）和112歲的人瑞亨利．艾林翰今年9月29日在倫敦帝國戰爭博物館「追憶大戰展」開幕典禮中合影。艾林翰也是一次世界大戰三位仍在世的英國參戰老兵之一。
The exhibition commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Armistice and will look at the personal stories of those who lived, fought, and died during the First World War, both overseas and on the home front
這項展覽旨在記念停戰紀念日（11月11日），同時表彰那些一戰中在海內外出生入死、浴血奮戰的個人英勇事蹟。
Allingham also released a new book on Sept. 30 tracing the arc of his 112-year life. He joked with re-porters as he signed copies of ``Kitchener's Last Volun-teer'' at an event at the Royal Air Force Club in central London.
艾林翰也在9月30日出版新書《柯齊納最後的志願軍》，追溯他過去112年生命的弧線。他在倫敦市中心皇家空軍俱樂部簽書會中，一邊簽名，邊和記者開玩笑。
The book, a reference to British War Secretary Lord Kitchener, described Allingham's sign-up in 1915 and his career in Britain's embryonic air force, flying en-gines he described as little better than ``motorized kites.'' The book follows Allingham through the Battle of Jutland and the Western Front, where he was wounded when his aircraft depot was shelled. It closes with his educational work in schools, museums and memorial services.
畫中提到當時英國戰爭大臣柯齊納勛爵時，同時敘述艾林翰1915年報到及他在英國當時仍在起步階段的空軍的志業，他並形容當時的飛行器只比「裝上馬達的風箏」略好一點。全書並追隨艾林翰，走過日德蘭戰爭和西線戰事，在這場戰役中，他因飛機補給站遭到砲擊而受傷。這也隨著他在學校接受教育及在博物館工作和紀念活動而結束。
Allingham spoke lucidly and appeared in good spirits, but his voice broke as he described the casualties of the conflict. ``I am here today not for me, but for all those who gave their lives on our behalf,'' he said. ``Thank goodness for those people. If it wasn't for them, we probably would not even be here now.''
艾林翰講話時口齒清晰，神采奕奕，但當他提到戰爭中死難的弟兄時，語帶哽咽。「我今天在這裡，不是為了我自己，而是為了那些代表我們犧牲生命的袍澤，」他說。「感謝那些人，如果不是他們，今天我們可能不會在這裡。」
In lighter moments, reporters needled him on his se-cret to a long and healthy life."Everybody asks that question,'' he said. "I don't know! I got fed up with the question--so I said: cigarettes and whisky!''
在比較輕鬆的時刻，記者追問他長壽健康的祕訣，他說：「大家都問這個問題，我實在不知道！我已經受夠這個問題了，所以我就胡謅：抽菸、喝威士忌！」