The Arts Centre of Christchurch, Te Matatiki Toi Ora, is seeking the anonymous author of the love note scrawled on the back of a photo of a woman.
基督城艺术中心Te Matatiki Toi Ora正在寻找在一位女子的照片背后潦草写着爱情留言的无名作者。
Anonymous：无名的; 匿名的
Scrawl：潦草地

It was found in the centre's 122-year-old stone-tower observatory, where visitors could gaze at the night sky - until the devastating earthquakes struck the city.
这张照片是在这个拥有122年历史的石塔天文台里被发现的，游客可以在这里凝望夜空，直到毁灭性的地震袭击了这座城市。
Observatory：天文台
Gaze at：凝视
Devastating：毁灭性的；灾难性的

Workers deconstructing the attic of the damaged building on Wednesday found the photo alongside two Polaroid images of women breastfeeding infants, an old tobacco tin, an old drawing-pin box and a mummified bird.
周三，拆掉受损建筑阁楼的工人们发现了这张照片，还有另外两张女性给婴儿哺乳的宝丽来照片，以及一个旧烟草罐子、一个旧图钉盒和一只木乃伊鸟。
Deconstruct：拆解；拆掉
Attic：阁楼
Polaroid：宝丽来
Breastfeed：哺乳；用母乳喂养
Drawing-pin：图钉
Mummified：成木乃伊状的

The black and white photo of the woman is a close-up of a contemplative face. She has dark hair and possibly hazel eyes, the Arts Centre says. The photo appears to have been printed in December 2006, judging from an imprint on it.
这张女子的黑白照片是张沉思脸庞的特写照片。艺术中心称，她有着黑色头发，和可能是淡褐色的眼睛。从印记来看，照片似乎是在2006年12月印刷的。
Contemplative：沉思的；出神的
Close-up：特写镜头；特写照片
Hazel：淡褐色；
Imprint：印记

The note on the back says: "This is a picture of the girl I love. Since we both love this country I leave it here and when everything works fine with us both might pick it up and I'll ask her to marry me. Please leave the picture here! Thanks."
背面的文字写着：“这是我爱的女孩的照片。既然我们都喜欢这个国家，我就我把它留在这里，当一切顺利的时候，我们会捡起这张照片，我会请她嫁给我。请把照片留在这里！谢谢。”

Arts Centre chief executive Philip Aldridge said staff would love to reunite the author of the note, who seemed to be from overseas, with the photograph.
艺术中心首席执行官 Philip Aldridge表示，工作人员很乐意帮助这个爱情留言的作者与照片中的女子重聚，留言作者似乎来自海外。
Reunite：重聚

"If we're able to return the photo to them, we'll tell them we're sorry we had to remove it, but I'm sure they'll understand why," he said.
“如果我们能够将照片还给他们，我们会告诉他们我们很抱歉必须移走照片，但我确信他们会理解，”他说。

"We really hope the author and their girlfriend had a happy ending too, even though the photo hasn't yet been collected."
“即使没有人来取照片，我们也真的希望作者和他的女朋友有一个圆满的结局。”
Collect：收集；接走；领走

Access to the observatory was restricted after the city's September 2010 earthquake, and ended with the tower's destruction by the earthquake in February 2011.
在2010年9月的基督城地震之后，天文台被限制进入，到2011年2月，地震最终震坏了这个塔楼。
Destruction：破坏；毁灭

Its reconstruction is costing the Arts Centre trust $10 million.
天文台的重建工作耗费了艺术中心信托共1000万纽币。
Reconstruction：重建

The centre is being progressively reopened to the public. So far 11 of the 23 buildings are open, with the observatory a key part of the second restoration stage.
该中心正在逐步重新向公众开放。到目前为止，23座建筑物中有11座已对外开放，天文台是第二个修复阶段的关键部分。
Progressively：逐步地
Restoration：修复；整修

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