在她的第一场毕业舞会，97岁罗德岛州妇女被加冕为舞会女王

In 1939, Helen Danis longed to join her friends at their high school senior prom in West Warwick, R.I., but it was the end of the Great Depression and her family didn’t have money for a new dress or shoes, or even a lipstick.

1939 年，（美国）罗德岛州西瓦维克的海伦．丹尼斯渴望跟朋友一起去参加他们学校的高三生毕业舞会，但时值经济大萧条末期，她家里没钱（帮她）买新洋装或鞋子，甚至连口红都买不起。

Eighty years later, Danis, 97, finally got the chance to make up for that missed night when her granddaughter, Julie Huddon, 48, presented her with a sparkling crown and a proposition earlier this spring： Let’s go to the prom.

80年后，当她的孙女、48岁的茱莉．哈登今春给她一个闪亮亮的王冠与提议「我们去毕业舞会吧」，97岁的丹尼斯终于有机会弥补错过毕业舞会的那一晚。

At 97 and 48, they were both a few years beyond the average age of promgoers. But Huddon’s 19-year-old son, Evan, who attends the school, would be there. And the Pilgrim High School principal thought it would be a hoot and agreed.

97岁与48岁的这对祖孙与高中毕业舞会出席者的平均年龄有一段差距，但哈登的19岁的儿子、就读于那所高中的艾文，会去参加舞会。朝圣者高中校长觉得这很有趣，并予以同意。

So on May 24, Huddon arranged for a driver to pick up her and her grandmother, her son and two of his friends, and drive them all to the senior prom. Her son, who has spina bifida, enjoys dancing in his power wheelchair.

因此在（今年）5月24日，哈登安排一名司机来接她与祖母、儿子以及儿子的2个朋友，送他们所有人去参加高三毕业舞会。她的罹患脊柱裂的儿子坐在电动轮椅上跳得很高兴。

"To attend the prom with my great-grandson and my granddaughter made the night even more special," Danis said.

「跟我曾孙与孙女一起参加毕业舞会，让这个夜晚更显特殊，」丹尼斯说。