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。
学英语单词
'struth
advance and retreat
albuminurophobia
all-round skilled labor
Amakusa-shima
anghiaris
angle shear machine
Ariminum
autoimmune pancreatitis
background ratio
Ban Ta Ong
breathing side
brings off
car-tools
carbocerine
care homes
carrier transport phenomenon
catenation string
click-thru
colorblind
commonly-held
corner post
cyg
cylindrical parabolic reflector
denotation of variable
density field
dentofacial disharmony
disentwines
double-pole double-throw
Emlen funnels
epuilin
ERBD
eye agate
flood plain area
floodflow
frizels
genus haplopappuss
get trapped
Gludorm
groses
guanin(e)
information distribution system
intramountain
isodactylous
jablin
jack stick
kuanyuan series
lens loss
ligamenta natatorium
Linëvo
mask target
microscopic fatigue crack
MJCS
molecular-imaging
monoginin
music-symbol
myoclonic status
natural-fibres
Neulette
neutrodon
Niacal
non-polar bond
nopalxochia acker mannii (haw.) f. m. kunth.
of-down
oleum naphae
once-plentiful
oncorhynchus
otaplex telegraph
partially reflecting layer
partition communication region
paruraecha submarmorata
perzel
political-science
privileged command
putaway
Quarter Squats
reaffiliations
retinal ganglion cells
revenue-cost graph
roaks
rounding-over
San Mamede, Sa.de
satellite images
SCYLORHINIDAE
shrimpin
sodicanthophyllite
stearolysis
step sizing
take or pay contract
Tetracidaris
The ass waggeth his ears
thrust deduction ratio
transformer losses
Trischen
tungsten bronze(s)
unhard
vidiots
volume adjuster
wheel man
wheezes
wppsi