Two Make Twins
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Double Trouble.
4 双重麻烦。
5 Identical Twins.
5个相同的双胞胎。
6 Fraternal Twins.
6"兄弟双双".
9 The Twins Bond.
9"双胞胎债券".
12 Awesome Twosomes.
12个很棒的"双人"
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Introduction Some of you may have a bossy big brother.
导言 你们中有些人可能有个大块头
Others may have a sweet little sister.
其他人可能有一个可爱的妹妹。
What if you have a brother or sister who is the exact same age as you?
如果你有一个兄弟或妹妹 和你一样大呢?
What if the two of you look identical?
如果你们两个看起来都一样呢?
This can happen when your brother or sister is your twin.
当你的兄妹是双胞胎时,这种情况就会发生.
Double Trouble Twins grow in their mother’s body at the same time.
双重问题 双胞胎同时在母亲的身体中生长.
Twins can be two brothers or two sisters.
双胞胎可以是两个兄弟或两个姐妹.
They can also be a brother and a sister.
他们也可以是兄妹.
One twin is born first.
一双先出世.
That twin is slightly older than the other.
那个双胞胎比另一个大一点
Twins can look very similar or very different from each other.
双胞胎的相貌可以非常相似或相去甚远.
Today, it is much more common for a mother to have twins than it was years ago.
今天,母亲的双胞胎比几年前要多得多。
Sometimes, twins are also more common in certain families.
有时,双胞胎在某些家庭中也更常见.
Identical Twins Identical twins often look almost exactly alike.
相同的双胞胎 相同的双胞胎 往往看起来几乎完全一样。
They are always either two girls or two boys.
他们总是两个女孩或两个男孩。
It can be difficult to tell identical twins apart.
很难分清双胞胎
They often have the same height, weight, hair color, and eye color.
它们的身高,体重,发色,和眼色往往相同.
Some twins look so similar that they can play tricks on others.
有些双胞胎看起来很相似,可以玩弄别人.
They can switch places with each other.
他们可以互换地方
No one can tell them apart.
没人能分辨出来
Identical twins are more likely to have similar taste in many things, such as food and clothes.
同性双胞胎在食物和衣物等许多事物中更有可能有相类似的口味.
Identical twins can be mirror image twins.
相同的双胞胎可以成为镜像双胞胎.
When they face each other, they look very similar, but some of their characteristics are reversed.
当它们相遇时,它们看起来非常相似,但是它们的一些特征被倒置.
They might have freckles on different sides of their bodies or part their hair on different sides.
它们可能在身体的不同侧面有雀斑,或者在不同的侧面有部分发型.
One twin might be left-handed, while the other is right-handed.
一个双胞胎可能是左撇子,另一个是右撇子。
About one in every four sets of identical twins are mirror twins.
大约每四对同卵双胞胎中就有一对是镜子双胞胎.
Identical twins can be alike in other ways, too.
同样的双胞胎也可以在其他方面相似.
They might like the same things, such as music, sports, or foods.
他们可能喜欢同样的东西,比如音乐,体育,或者食物.
They may have similar personalities, too.
他们可能也有类似的人格。
It is also possible for identical twins to not be very alike at all.
同样的双胞胎也可能完全不相似。
Fingerprints Fingerprints are patterns on the tips of your fingers.
指纹是指尖上的图案
Identical twins can look very alike, but their fingerprints are always different.
相同的双胞胎可以看起来非常相似,但他们的指纹总是不一样.
Twin 1 Twin 2 Identical twins may spend a lot of time together if they like to do the same things.
双胞胎1号双胞胎2号同名双胞胎如果喜欢做同样的事情,可能会花很多时间在一起.
Fraternal Twins Fraternal twins can look very different from each other.
博爱双胞胎博爱双胞胎可以相去甚远.
They can be a pair of two boys or two girls.
它们可以是两个男孩或两个女孩的一对.
Unlike identical twins, they can also be a girl and a boy.
与同对双胞胎不同,她们也可以是女孩和男孩.
Fraternal twins are more common than identical twins.
相亲双胞胎比同卵双胞胎更常见.
Boy-girl twins are the most common kind of twin pair.
男-女双胞胎是最常见的一对.
Fraternal twins may share some characteristics.
博爱双胞胎可能具有某些特征。
They can share the same number of characteristics as any brothers or sisters.
它们可以和任何兄弟姐妹一样具有相同的特性。
Fraternal twins are like regular brothers or sisters who happen to have been born at the same time.
博爱双胞胎就像同时出生的普通兄弟姐妹.
For example, sisters born a few years apart might both have light hair and blue eyes.
例如相隔几年出生的姐妹可能都有浅发和蓝眼睛.
However, another pair of sisters might have different hair and eye colors.
然而,另一对姐妹可能有着不同的发型和眼睛颜色.
It is the same with fraternal twins.
和兄弟的双胞胎一样
They can look very similar, a little alike, or very different.
它们可以看起来非常相似,有点相似,或者非常不同.
They usually have more differences in their personalities than identical twins.
他们的个性差异通常比同卵双胞胎还要多.
As fraternal twins grow up, they often find that they enjoy different things.
随着兄弟双胞胎的成长,他们经常发现自己享受不同的东西.
The Twins Bond Identical and fraternal twins often have a special bond.
双胞胎邦德和兄弟双胞胎经常有特殊的亲缘关系.
The bond may form because they are carried in the mother’s body at the same time.
保证金可以同时由母亲携带。
They move around and reach out for each other.
他们四处走动,互相伸出援手.
Twins have a bond as babies because they do everything together.
双胞胎有如婴儿般的纽带 因为他们一起做一切
Twins also bond with each other after they are born.
双胞胎也相生后相通.
They are often comforted when they are near each other.
相克相克时常被安慰.
Some twins invent their own language as babies.
一些双胞胎在婴儿时代发明了自己的语言.
This language usually goes away when they learn a real language.
这种语言通常在他们学习出一种真实的语言后就消失.
Twins Day Each summer, many twins travel to Twinsburg, Ohio.
双胞胎日 每年夏天,许多双胞胎会去俄亥俄州的双斯堡.
Most of them dress identically and spend the day celebrating Twins Day.
他们大多穿得一模一样 白天庆祝双子节
Twins Day is the biggest yearly gathering of twins in the world!
双胞胎日是全世界最大的双胞胎年度聚会!
About 40 percent of young twins use a made-up language to talk to each other.
大约40%的年轻双胞胎使用化妆语言互相交谈.
Awesome Twosomes Only some twins look almost exactly alike.
伟大的"双人" 只有一些双胞胎看起来几乎完全一样。
Some twins have similar personalities, likes, and dislikes.
有些双胞胎有相似的个性,喜欢,不喜欢.
Other twins, like many fraternal twins, can look and act quite differently from each other.
其他双胞胎,同许多兄弟双胞胎一样,可以相貌相和行为相去甚远.
Identical twins look very alike (top), while fraternal twins usually look different (bottom).
同卵双胞胎看起来非常相似(上),而兄弟双胞胎通常看起来不同(下).
Twins are not simply copies of each other.
双胞胎不仅仅是彼此的复制品。
Each twin, whether identical or fraternal, is one of a kind.
每个双胞胎,无论是同性还是兄弟,都是一类.