▶ 朗讀全文（中文）
英國多佛（Dover）的白色懸崖，是很多人到英國旅行必看的海岸風景，但很少人知道，懸崖底下還藏著一間二戰時的秘密作戰室。根據英國廣播公司（BBC）報導，這間「范灣標定室」（Fan Bay Plotting Room）已經在 11 月 13 日星期五，第一次對外開放。
EN The white cliffs of Dover are a famous coastal view that many visitors to Britain want to see, but few people know that a secret World War II operations room is hidden under the cliffs. According to the BBC, this room, called the Fan Bay Plotting Room, opened to the public for the first time on Friday, November 13.
▶ 聽英文朗讀
圖片來源：BBC News
范灣標定室建於 1940 年，當時法國剛被德軍攻陷，多佛成了英國的最前線。這個作戰中心負責指揮防守多佛海峽的砲台，算出射擊資料、協調砲兵作戰。
EN The Fan Bay Plotting Room was built in 1940, just after France fell to the German army and Dover became Britain’s front line. This operations center directed the gun batteries that guarded the Strait of Dover. It worked out firing data and helped the gunners work together.
▶ 聽英文朗讀
戰後被遺棄，還被泥土埋了起來
《Kent Online》報導，范灣標定室是同類型設施中最早的一座，核心設備是一張「射擊指揮台」（Fire Direction Table），是一種機電式的計算機，在當時屬於最先進的軍事科技。由於對岸被德軍占領的法國海岸只有 21 英里（約 33 公里）遠，多佛長期遭到砲擊和空襲，還被稱為「地獄火角落」（Hellfire Corner）。
EN Kent Online reported that the Fan Bay Plotting Room was the first of its kind. Its main piece of equipment was a “Fire Direction Table,” an electro-mechanical computer that was some of the most advanced military technology of its time. Because the German-held French coast was only 21 miles, or about 33 kilometers, away, Dover was attacked again and again by guns and planes. It was even called “Hellfire Corner.”
▶ 聽英文朗讀
二戰結束後，這裡被遺棄，到了 1970 年代更被泥土掩埋，就這樣被遺忘了幾十年。直到 2017 年，英國國民信託（National Trust）重新發現它，展開考古調查和保存工作。志工們也花了好幾年研究曾在這裡服役的人，一點一點拼湊出他們的故事。
EN After World War II ended, the site was left empty, and in the 1970s it was buried under soil and forgotten for decades. In 2017, the National Trust found it again and began archaeological work and protection work. Volunteers also spent years researching the people who once served there, slowly putting their stories back together.
▶ 聽英文朗讀
BBC 新聞的影片，可以看到這間地下作戰室的樣子：
EN BBC News’ video shows what this underground operations room looks like.
▶ 聽英文朗讀
影片來源：BBC News／YouTube
※ 若影片沒有中文字幕，可點播放器右下角的齒輪 → 字幕 → 自動翻譯 → 中文（繁體）。
不重建，保留原本的模樣
國民信託這次沒有把房間「重新裝修」成二戰時的樣子，而是保留發現時的狀態。地下空間裡還看得到剝落的油漆、戰時留下的塗鴉，以及外露的管線和通風管。雖然原本的設備已經不在了，遊客可以跟著志工導覽，再搭配沉浸式影音，了解這裡當年怎麼守護多佛海峽。國民信託的喬恩·巴克（Jon Barker）說，站在一個從當年的人離開後幾乎沒有改變過的地方，感覺非常特別；這也是認識白色懸崖另一面的難得機會，同時向所有幫忙讓它重見天日的人致敬。
EN The National Trust did not rebuild the room to look like it did during the war. Instead, it kept the room the way it was found. Visitors can still see peeling paint, wartime graffiti, and open pipes and air ducts. The original equipment is gone, but visitors can join a tour with volunteers and watch immersive sound and video to learn how the room once helped protect the Strait of Dover. Jon Barker of the National Trust said it feels very special to stand in a place that has hardly changed since the people of that time left. He said it is a rare chance to see another side of the white cliffs and a way to honor everyone who helped bring it back to light.
▶ 聽英文朗讀
志工高登·懷斯（Gordon Wise）說，服役紀錄上的一個名字、照片裡的一個細節，都能把牆上的痕跡和某個人的日常工作連在一起。想參觀的人要先透過國民信託預約導覽。下次到多佛看白色懸崖，除了欣賞海景，也可以走進地下，感受這段被埋藏的歷史。
EN Volunteer Gordon Wise said a single name in a service record or a small detail in a photo can link the marks on the walls to one person’s daily work. People who want to visit need to book a tour through the National Trust first. The next time you visit Dover to see the white cliffs, you can enjoy the sea view and also go underground to feel this buried piece of history.
▶ 聽英文朗讀
精選單字
cliff /klɪf/ 懸崖
operations room /ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃənz ruːm/ 作戰室
direct /dəˈrekt/ 指揮
equipment /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ 設備
bury /ˈberi/ 埋
archaeological /ˌɑːrkiəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/ 考古的
graffiti /ɡrəˈfiːti/ 塗鴉
volunteer /ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr/ 志工
