A train passenger who stepped in to help a mother with an autistic son has denied being a hero, claiming: 'You just do what you can to help’.

火车上一位乘客帮助了一个自闭儿子的母亲，但他否认自己是英雄。他说：“我只是做了力所能及的事。”

step in：介入；插手干预

autistic：自闭症的

Gayna Pealling was travelling on a train when Jack, 5, and his four-year-old sister Amy, when her son started playing up. Instead of ignoring the situation, recruitment consultant Dan Ball, 21, started distracting and playing with the youngster, eventually calming him down.

Gain Pealling带着5岁的Jack和四岁的女儿Amy坐火车旅行，但儿子开始调皮捣蛋。21岁的人才顾问Dan Ball没有选择视而不见，而是通过和小朋友玩耍来分他的心，最终让孩子冷静下来。

play up：使恼火；调皮捣蛋

Mr Ball said: 'I was just slumped in a corner after a big night out the previous day with friends.'All I saw was two lively kids and I could see Jack was starting to get agitated and then his mum turned around and said "Jack show everyone how you can take your pills”.

Ball先生说：“我和朋友刚玩了很尽兴的一晚，所以躺在座位上。然后我看到两个很活泼的孩子，Jack开始变得暴躁好动起来。然后他妈妈转身说‘Jack，让大家看看你是怎么吃药的’。”

slump：使降低；使倒下

agitated：激动的；焦虑的

'My mum has a background working with kids with special needs and at that point I realised that he had ADHD. So I just thought I’d pipe up and say "Jack, I take loads of pills every morning and it would be really helpful if you could show me how you take them". 'For me it doesn’t really seem that different from holding the door open for someone or holding the lift for someone. When you get opportunities to do things you just do.’

“我妈妈曾经照顾过一些有特殊需要的孩子，所以那一刻我就知道Jack有多动症。我想大声吸引他注意，就说‘Jack，我每天都会吃很多很多药哦，能给我展示一下你平时是怎么吃药的吗？’对我来说这和给别人拉住门或是给人留电梯一样没什么大不了的，你有这样的机会就做该做的事。”

ADHD：注意缺陷障碍（常伴多动）

pipe up：高声说话

Shortly after the incident, Ms Pealling posted a photograph on Facebook showing Mr Ball's intervention, describing him as 'my hero'. She wrote a post on Facebook which since went viral praising Mr Ball.

事情过去没几天，Pealling女士就在脸书上贴出了Ball先生的介入过程，形容他是自己的“英雄”。她在脸书上赞美Ball先生的帖子很快被狂转。

intervention：干预；干涉

go viral：病毒式传播

'Omg this guy is my hero.. my son has ADHD and autism..n started to have a melt down, then this random Lovely stranger called Dan took over and was talking to both my children..he calmed my son down n the train journey was perfect.... thank you to this man ur really don't know how much I appreciated your help xxx.’

“我的天这位先生真是我的英雄。我儿子有多动症和自闭症，在旅行中他开始发作了。但这位叫Dan的可爱陌生人帮了我，他跟我的两个孩子聊天，让我的儿子整趟旅行都很安静。谢谢这位先生，你不知道我有多么感谢你的帮助！”

autism：自闭症

melt down： 突然崩溃

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(责编：kakapo)