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一生母：biological mother收养某人：put sb up for adoption签署最终的领养文件：sign the final adoption papers无意间进入演艺界：stumble into acting 凭好奇心与直觉：followiong curiosity and intuition实际用途： practical applicationRalented adoption intuition dropped fascinating每当我看到那顶草帽：everytime I saw the straw hat 我度过的最美好的时光：the best time I spent 我很荣幸能参加大会闭幕式：Im honored to attend conference of closing ceremony有希望调解：have a hope of make peace辞去那份工资高但要求也高的工作：1、 I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months,but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.里德学院读了半年后就辍学了，但在我真正离校之前，作为旁听生我还读了18个月。2、 My biological mother was a young,unwed college graduate student,and she decided to put me for adoption.我的生母是一个年轻，未婚的研究生，她决定让别人来收养我。3、 It was pretty scary at the time,but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.这在当时引起了我的恐慌，但是后来回想一下这或许是我所做的最棒的决定之一。4、 And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosyty and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.凭我的好奇心和直觉所涉足的许多事情最后被证明是无价的。5、 None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.这在我的生活中甚至没有半点实际应用的希望。二alluded incentive disbelief roll affluent曾经拥有中东巴黎的美誉：Once known as the paris of the Middle East是为了任命一位新经理：for the purpose of appointing a new manager好得让人无法拒绝：too good to pass up据说已经遇害：said to have been killed仍然不清楚：It is still unclear 1、 However,if that werent a popular notion, millions of dollars wouldnt roll in every time there was a lottery somewhere.然而，这种想法非常普遍，否则每次抽奖就不会有数以百万计的美元*来2、 It took him five years to diligently create a business and generate that large sum of money.他花了五年时间来努力创建一番事业并产生那一大笔钱。3、 With great disbelief,he stared at his investment of valuable gems ,now turned to stones,and wondered what if all meant.他眼睁睁的看着自己珍贵的宝石投入后变成了石头，简直不敢相信，不知道发生了什么。4、 The inscription read,If one achieves this quest ,they will have transformed their mind by the use of their faith and will from then on have the power to overcome in all thins and nothing will be impossible to them.铭文是这样写的：“如果一个人达到这一目标的追求，他们就能用他们的信仰改变他们的思想，他们将从此拥有足够的能力去克服一切事情，对他们来说，没有不可能的事。”三respectful hesitate reassure minutiest creeps一想到约会和烧烤：at the thought of the date and barbecue除了她有一只可爱的小狗而且人口不错之外：except that she had a lovely dog and a good character因为他是主任就敬而远之：in awe of the director because of his position他仍然很谦虚：he remains modest 我们相逢的那一刻：The moment we met1、 But to this day I do not know what strange impulse made me take George to see her and to tell her before I had confided in another living soul of our engagement.至今我仍不知道那是一种什么样的奇异的冲动让我就把乔治领去看望姑姑,告诉她我在还没有透露给别人之前的我们已经订婚的消息。2、 But I was quite unprepared for her outburst when I mentioned that George thought of paying a lightning visit to England before we were married.但在我提到乔治要在我们结婚之前闪电访问英国时，我已经为她的爆发作好了准备。3、 Then she seemed to give herself ,mentally,a little shake.you must have wondered,she said ,why I was so upset at the thought of young Georges going to England without you.然后她似乎在整理自己的思绪，你一定想知道，她说，在没有你之后乔治想回到英国我为什么会如此的心烦。4、 It was the only love letter I ever received,but it turned all my bitterness and grief into a peacefulness which was the nearest I could get ,then,to happiness.这是我曾经收到的唯一一封情书，它把我所有的苦难和忧伤都变成了我能得到的最接近幸福的平静，那么，还是很高兴的。5、 The old lady was watching me with trembling eagerness,her face flushed and eyes bright with expectation.老太太看着我，浑身因急切的渴望而发抖，她满脸通红，眼睛发亮充满着期望。四cowed glistened dismiss snip exert嫌犯终于招供了：the suspect cnofessed很容易：is apt to 本身并不是犯罪：not in and of itself a crime对。不感兴趣，而是感到高兴：more pleased than disappointed充满了平静和满足：filled with a sense a peacefulness and satisfaction倒在沙发上瘫作一团：fall over on the sofa in a heap处于恐惧的痛苦之中：in an agony of fear对某人病情一无所知：not have the least idea wthats wrong with the man克制饮食：self-denied in the matter of eating 剪去一撮头发：cut off a lock of hair激发病人对医生的信任：inspire the patient with proper confidence1、 Then the doctor turns suddenly and lets hem have a left hook under the heart.然后医生突然在他心脏下面来了一记左钩拳。2、 But if ,on the other hand,the doctor has spent the night before at a little gathering of medical friends,he is very apt to forbid the patient to couch alcohol in any shape ,and to dismiss the subject with great severyty.但是另一方面，如果医生在前天晚上与医疗界的朋友聚会上，他可能禁止病人碰任何形式的酒，并且非常严肃的拒绝谈论这一话题。3、 Then he looks the patient up and down,with the scissors in his hand,and if he sees any likely part of him he clips it off and wraps it up.他手里拿着剪刀，上下打量着病人，看到哪部分可以剪下来，就用剪刀从病人身上剪下来，并且包裹起来。4、 Now this ,oddly enough,is the very thing that fills the patient up with that sense of personal importance which is worth paying forl很奇怪的是，这种做法使病人觉得自己很受重视而觉得值得花钱治病。五proceed personality conservative thrill betray fumble他们中的大多数人都将落后：most of them will be left behind被稳定的工作所束缚：be tied to a steady job 寻找失踪的孩子：in search of the lost children因高速驾驶而造成的交通事故：Traffic accident due to speeding drive 他被指控杀人：He was accused of murder与凶犯相吻合：match with the perpetrator被控抢劫：be charged with robbery被判十年监禁：be sentenced to ten years in prison光天化日：broad daylight遗留的任何东西：anything left behind登上第一班飞机：board the frist flight编造故事：make up a story没再费什么劲：without further adoFinally,without further ado ,Lindsey was handcuffed and charged with the robberies having taken place in portland.She was escorted to the jail nearby for booking .Lindsey went to court and the jury found her guilty of all the robberies,and she was sentenced to 15 years in prison.The police were happy to have solved this case and to have the right twin in prison,but the sister that should have been in prison was neither Lindsey nor Sara.Their mom had given burth to triplets and the woman the police had tried to put behind bars was in fact another sister, Cindy.最后，事不宜迟，琳赛被戴上手铐，并被控在波特兰抢劫.她被护送预订附近的监狱。琳赛上了法庭，陪审团认定她有罪，所有的指控，她被判处15年监禁.警察很高兴能解决这件案子，并且让另一个双胞胎呆在牢里，但原本应该是姐姐被监禁而不是琳赛和萨拉，他们的妈妈生了三胞胎，她和警方曾试图身陷囹圄的女人，其实是另一个妹妹，辛迪。六visibility devetion involvement unloading humane supervise unanimously wages你是多么伤心：youre broken 我来这儿就是确保：Im here to make sure其他部件也就好安装了：other pants fall into place让司机看清：by not blind the driver向您这位英雄致敬：salute you as a hero现场直播：live coverage耗费太大,效率太低：too expensive and inefficient省去很多费用和麻烦：elimite a lot of cost and trouble处理好个人事务: put ones personal affairs in order医疗队和后勤供给：medical teams and supplies事先早已知道：know well in advance遭到强烈反对：encounter a strong objection绵延数英里：stretch out of miles1、 CNN will be your eyes and ears for today, bringing you live coverage of a momentous day in our history.CNN今天将会伴随着你，为您现场直播我国历史上重要的一天。2、 At this point,the project is rolling along according to schedule,and I am here to advise on amy problems that may arise .就此来讲，这个项目是按照日程来实行的，我来这儿就可能出现的问题提点建议。3、 Once we settled on this idea,the other details fell into place.一旦我们落实了这个想法，那么其他的细节也将到位4、 We saved a tremendous amount of money by not needing any war machinery except for one revolver per soldier.我们节省了大量的钱，不需要任何战争机器，除了每一个士兵一只左轮手枪外。5、 This morning what was an ordinary field has been transformed into a military cemetery.今天上午一个普通的地方已被改造成一个军事墓地。七corresponded commence prevailed pondered hampers她逐渐认识到：was borne in upon her无不是从谈论体育开始的：without talking about sports first导致了那个孩子的死亡：accounted for the childs death刚开始是名小职员：started off as a clerk他曾经帮助过她：He once did her a good t1、