时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:轻松英文阅读


英语课

 Robin 1 and Jordan are teenage girls. But they lived very separate lives until one day, when they discovered that they had something very special in common .


 
This chance encounter occurred on January 9, 2013, at a high school track meet in Washington D.C. where they both live . Jordan’s teammates were the first to notice. They told Jordan that a girl on the other team looked just like her. So she decided 2 to go talk to this girl.
 
Jordan was adopted shortly after birth . She had known some details about her biological mother. For example, she knew her last name was Jeter. As the two talked to each other she discovered that Robin’s last name was Jeter too. At that point, she knew she was talking to her sister.
 
As a child, Robin was bounced around from her biological mother to foster care to a legal guardian 3 and she had never heard about a sibling 4. The two girls were living in the same city for 17 years, but they never crossed paths.

1 robin
n.知更鸟,红襟鸟
  • The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
  • We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟,知道春天要到了。
2 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 guardian
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
4 sibling
n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)
  • Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
  • Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里,兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。
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