时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:2007年NPR美国国家公共电台


英语课
Time now for StoryCorps .

Many of the stories in this traveling oral history project have been about relationships. Today, two friends, Cathy Resmer and Jules Fishelman, talk about how their relationship was transformed at a potluck dinner.

You are facing the sink and you are washing dishes and we are talking and there's a pause and then you ask "would you like to be our sperm 1 donor 2? And I just, I have no idea what's going on. I felt completely warmed by even the question. But I never asked you how you got to that point.

Well, Ann Elise and I got civil-unioned in 2000. I had never thought about having kids until I was with Ann-Elise but I really wanted to have a known donor like if you've ever seen Star Wars? For example. You know that the whole trilogy is about Luke and his search for his father. You wanted to make sure that his father was not Darth Vader. I did. That was part of it. I, I appreciate that. You know, I just, I really just wanted my child to grow up, not having to ask that question in that way. So then we thought, okay, so who are we gonna ask and you were the one on the list. There's only one and the other reason that we picked you is because you're the kind of person that we want our child to grow into,'cos you are just so kind and gentle and we are happy to have you as part of our lives. Thank you. It's amazing to hear you talk about that. I knew that when you asked me, you were asking for something so personal and so serious. That simply being asked was an honor 3 but I didn't know at the time that saying yes that you and Ann-Elise were gonna go on a hunt to find me a good woman but you hooked 4 me up with Rachel and now we've had our first child. They won't grow up in the same family under the same roof and the same rules. But they're gonna be hopefully very close and it totally blows away the image of family but it's, it's family nonetheless 5 and I love them.

Jules Fishelman and Cathy Resmer in Burlington, Vermont. StoryCorps interviews are archived at the Library of Congress 6. Learn how to record your story at npr.org.
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civil union
A legal union of a same-sex couple, sanctioned by civil authority



1 sperm
n.精子,精液
  • Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
  • In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中,一个精子使一个卵子受精。
2 donor
n.捐献者;赠送人;(组织、器官等的)供体
  • In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下,接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
  • The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
3 honor
n.光荣;敬意;荣幸;vt.给…以荣誉;尊敬
  • I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
  • It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。
4 hooked
adj.钩状的,弯曲的
  • I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. 12 岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水。
  • He hooked his arm round her neck and pulled her head down. 他一只胳膊钩在她的脖子上,把她的头拉低。
5 nonetheless
adv.尽管如此,依然,然而
  • Though he's fool,I like him nonetheless.虽然他很笨,我仍然喜欢他。
  • His face is serious but nonetheless very friendly.他一脸严肃,但还是非常友好。
6 Congress
n.(代表)大会;(C-:美国等国的)国会,议会
  • There were some days to wait before the Congress.大会的召开还有几天时间。
  • After 18 years in Congress,he intented to return to private life.在国会供职18年后,他打算告老还乡。
学英语单词
Adelphan-Esidrex
anesthesiologies
anterior superior iliac spine
Antitaurus
BDV (breakdown voltage)
beading line
Bhesa
bias cutter
broken flange detector finger
browster
c-number
calixes
charge-stroage varactor
co-ordinate formula
colonialize
colour discrimination lamp
contingency perspective
conventional ignition system
copper oxide meter
cross-over track
curling dies
cut down expenses
Cynanchum gracilipes
daishowas
darkie
deepa
ever created
facients
Fargesia qinlingensis
feu-farmer
fixed end wall
fluence
fluxing medium
fosen
full address jump
gaudet
give a good example
graphic output unit
Guir, C.
gun-emplacements
hagseed
Hathor capital
helium absorption chamber
high-bay
histologic lesion
Holland cigar
ice cream cake
inferior wings
interim interdict
IP fax
jammed out
JIRA,J.I.R.A.
Judayyidah
kyoga
laraine
laser video
low-frequency region
mallet finger
marriage brokerage
matsen
microvitrain
misquoter
Muscoidea
Naejangdo
Namsan Park
neoprene rubber
newpoints
no-load lose
objective of water conservancy planning
oleate
oriental and ethiopian realm
Pabetangan
phonetic transcriptions
pier mirrors
plant waste
plastic substances
points of inflection
prior to the expiration of the term
proveditor
repaire
rough and tumble
rule with a heavy hand
S.&S.R.
sceats
science fiction
screwing tap
secretarial education
sparks up
spreading rate
squadronist
strain crystallization
superexchange interaction
sus out
suturae occipitomastoidea
symbiogenetic
tattletale gray
the-naze
tranquillisings
United Ireland
wheat-germ oil
winemerchant
wire communication line