當雙胞胎是什麼感覺？⏲️ 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

Six Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com.

來自 bbclearningenglish.com 的六分鐘英語。

Hello, this is Six Minute English

你好，這裡是六分鐘英語

from BBC Learning English.

來自 BBC 英語教學頻道。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Beth.

我是 Beth。

In this episode,

在本集節目中，

we're talking about twins.

我們來聊聊雙胞胎。

Non-identical or fraternal twins 用詞

異卵雙胞胎

come from two separate eggs 片語搭配

由兩個不同的卵子發育而來，

and share half their genes. 片語搭配

共享一半的基因。

More uncommon are identical twins 文法

更為罕見的是同卵雙胞胎，

who come from a single fertilized egg 用詞

他們由同一個受精卵發育而來，

and share 100% of their genes. 片語搭配

共享百分之百的基因。

As humans,

作為人類，

we're fascinated by twins. 片語搭配

我們對雙胞胎感到著迷。

When people discover that someone's a twin,

當人們發現某人是雙胞胎時，

they start asking all kinds of questions. 片語搭配

就會開始問各式各樣的問題。

What question would you ask a twin, Neil? 文法

Neil，你會問雙胞胎什麼問題？

Oh,

哦，

probably quite an annoying one.

可能是很討人厭的問題。

Maybe,

比如，

do you share each other's thoughts? 文法

你們能知道彼此在想什麼嗎？

Ooh, I might ask,

哦，我可能會問，

if one of you is hurt, 文法

如果你們其中一人受傷了，

does the other one feel the pain?

另一個人會感覺到痛嗎？

Mm, interesting.

嗯，很有趣。

Well, some common questions for twins include,

針對雙胞胎的一些常見問題包括：

do you have psychic powers? 文化背景

你們有特異功能嗎？

Have you ever swapped boyfriends?

你們交換過男朋友嗎？

And do you have the same dreams?

你們會做同樣的夢嗎？

But according to Anand Jagatia, 片語搭配

但據 Anand Jagatia 介紹，

who presented a recent episode 文法

他最近主持了一集

of BBC World Service's CrowdScience

BBC 世界頻道 CrowdScience 的節目，

all about twins, 片語搭配

內容全是關於雙胞胎的。

If you meet a twin

如果你遇到雙胞胎，

and you ask them one of these questions,

並問他們這些問題之一，

don't be surprised if they roll their eyes at you. 講解

如果他們對你翻白眼，不要感到驚訝。

Ask a twin about psychic powers 文法

問雙胞胎關於特異功能的問題，

and they might roll their eyes,

他們可能會翻白眼（roll their eyes），

a way of showing boredom or irritation. 片語搭配

這是表示無聊或惱怒的一種方式。

But nevertheless, 表達脈絡

但儘管如此，

twins continue to capture our imagination 慣用語

雙胞胎仍然不斷激發我們的想像力，

and in this episode,

而在本集節目中，

we'll be finding out why, 片語動詞

我們將弄清楚其中的原因，

using some useful new words and phrases.

並學習一些實用的新詞彙和短語。

And remember,

請記住，

you'll find all the vocabulary for this episode,

你能找到本集節目的所有詞彙，

along with a quiz and a worksheet 片語搭配

以及隨堂測驗和學習單，

on our website,

就在我們的網站上：

bbclearningenglish.com.

bbclearningenglish.com。

First,

首先，

I have a question for you, Beth.

我有一個問題問你，Beth。

These days, 表達脈絡

如今，

twins are more common 片語搭配

雙胞胎比你想像的

than you might think.

要常見得多。

In fact,

事實上，

one in every 42 babies is born a twin. 文法

每 42 個出生的嬰兒中就有一個是雙胞胎。

But do you know

但是你知道

which famous Hollywood star is a twin?

哪位著名的好萊塢明星是雙胞胎嗎？

Is it A, Jennifer Lawrence,

是 A，Jennifer Lawrence，

B, Angelina Jolie,

B，Angelina Jolie，

or C, Scarlett Johansson?

還是 C，Scarlett Johansson？

Ooh, I don't know.

哦，我不知道。

I'm going to guess Scarlett Johansson. 語氣意圖

我猜是 Scarlett Johansson。

Well, we'll find out the answer 表達脈絡

我們將在節目結束時

at the end of the program.

揭曉答案。

Professor Karen Dillon is the author of a book 片語搭配

Karen Dillon 教授是一本書的作者，

on twins in American literature,

該書探討了美國文學中的雙胞胎，

and a twin herself. 文法

而且她本人也是雙胞胎。

Here,

在這裡，

she discusses the good and bad sides 片語搭配

她討論了作為雙胞胎

of twinship

好與壞的一面，

with Anand Jagatia,

採訪者是 Anand Jagatia，

for BBC World Service program CrowdScience.

代表 BBC 世界頻道 CrowdScience 節目。

Being a twin isn't always plain sailing. 慣用語

做雙胞胎並不總是一帆風順的。

Yeah, it is nice.

對，這很好。

There's never that fear

從來都不會有那種恐懼感，

because you're going through school together. 片語搭配

因為你們一起上學。

You're sometimes in the same class together.

有時你們在同一個班。

You're making friends together. 片語搭配

你們一起交朋友。

So,

所以，

all of those milestones of childhood 用詞

那些童年時期的里程碑，

in some ways are made easier for twins. 文法

在某種程度上對雙胞胎來說變得更容易。

But then the older you get, 文法

但是隨著年齡的增長，

the more you realize

你會越來越發現

how much people really think of you 片語搭配

人們真的有多麼傾向於把你

as a twin rather than as an individual.

當作雙胞胎的一員，而不是一個獨立的個體。

Twins go through many childhood milestones together.

雙胞胎一起經歷許多童年的里程碑。

A milestone is an important stage of development.

里程碑（milestone）是指發展過程中的一個重要階段。

So,

所以，

a childhood milestone could be something

童年的里程碑可以是

like your first day at school.

比如你上學的第一天。

But being a twin isn't always plain sailing,

但做雙胞胎並不總是一帆風順（plain sailing），

an idiom meaning easy and problem-free.

這是一個片語，意思是輕鬆且沒有問題的。

Many twins find it hard to establish their own identity 片語搭配

許多雙胞胎發現很難建立屬於自己的身分認同，

as a separate and unique individual.

作為一個分離且獨特的個體。

Our fascination with twins

我們對雙胞胎的迷戀

also comes from the age-old nature versus nurture debate. 文化背景

也源於由來已久的先天與後天之爭。

How much of our lives is determined by nature, 文法

我們的生活有多少是由先天決定的，

the genetics we're born with, 片語搭配

即我們與生俱來的基因，

and how much by nurture,

又有多少是由後天決定的，

the environment we grow up in? 片語動詞

即我們成長的環境？

Because twins are so genetically similar, 文法

因為雙胞胎在基因上如此相似，

differences between them tell scientists a lot.

他們之間的差異能告訴科學家很多資訊。

Here's presenter of BBC World Service program CrowdScience,

這是 BBC 世界頻道 CrowdScience 節目的主持人，

Anand Jagatia,

Anand Jagatia，

discussing this with Helena de Bres,

他正在和麻薩諸塞州衛斯理學院的哲學家

a philosopher at Wellesley College, Massachusetts.

Helena de Bres 討論這個問題。

And that's right,

沒錯，

another twin.

又是一位雙胞胎。

Yeah,

是的，

you hear about twins

你會聽說有些雙胞胎

that were separated at birth,

出生時就被分開了，

grew up in different parts of the world, 片語搭配

在世界不同的地方長大，

and they kind of have these eerily similar life courses. 講解

而他們卻有著不可思議般相似的人生軌跡。

And you think,

然後你就會想，

gosh,

天哪，

like how much choice have I had 文法

對於我人生的走向，

over the way that my life's turned out? 片語動詞

我究竟有多少選擇權？

Absolutely.

絕對的。

And yeah, there's that really famous case

是的，有一個非常著名的例子，

of the Jim twins

就是吉姆雙胞胎（Jim twins），

who were reunited at age 39 片語搭配

他們在 39 歲時重聚，

after being separated at birth.

他們出生時就被分開了。

And they just had so many similarities.

他們之間居然有那麼多的相似之處。

It was crazy. 用詞

太瘋狂了。

They both married someone called Linda

他們都娶了一個叫 Linda 的人，

and then divorced her for someone called Betty. 用詞

然後為了一個叫 Betty 的人與她離婚。

They both named their dog Toy.

他們都給自己的狗起名叫 Toy。

It was like ridiculous. 語氣意圖

簡直太不可思議了。

The twins,

這對雙胞胎，

Jim Lewis and Jim Springer,

Jim Lewis 和 Jim Springer，

were separated at birth.

在出生時就被分開了。

The phrase separated at birth 慣用語

短語『出生時被分開』（separated at birth）

can be used to describe two people

可以用來描述兩個

with strong similarities,

有極強相似性的人，

although in this case, 表達脈絡

儘管在這個例子中，

the twins were literally separated 用詞

這對雙胞胎是真正在出生時被分開的，

and adopted by different parents at birth.

並由不同的父母收養。

When the Jims were reunited in the 1970s,

當這兩個吉姆在 20 世紀 70 年代重聚時，

everyone was amazed at how similar their lives were. 文法

每個人都驚訝於他們的生活如此相似。

Anand used the adjective eerie, 用詞

Anand 使用了形容詞 eerie，

meaning strange in a frightening, mysterious way.

意思是以一種令人害怕、神秘的方式表現出的奇怪。

And Helena says it was crazy,

而 Helena 說這很瘋狂（crazy），

using crazy to mean strange and fantastic.

用 crazy 來表示奇怪且不可思議。

Yes,

是的，

I think strange, mysterious, and fantastic

我覺得奇怪、神秘和不可思議

describe being a twin quite well.

能很好地描述做雙胞胎的感受。

Okay,

好了，

Neil,

Neil，

it's time to reveal the answer to your question. 片語搭配

是時候揭曉你那個問題的答案了。

I asked which Hollywood star is a twin,

我問哪位好萊塢明星是雙胞胎，

and you said C, Scarlett Johansson.

你說選 C，Scarlett Johansson。

I did.

我是這麼說的。

Which was the right answer.

這是正確答案。

Yay!

好耶！

Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, 表達脈絡

讓我們回顧一下我們學過的詞彙，

starting with roll your eyes, 表達脈絡

從 roll your eyes（翻白眼）開始，

to move your eyes upwards

就是把眼睛往上看，

to show you are bored or annoyed.

以表示你感到無聊或惱怒。

A milestone is a significant stage

A milestone（里程碑）是一個重要階段

in the development of something.

在事物的發展過程中。

The idiom,

片語

it's not plain sailing,

it's not plain sailing（並非一帆風順），

describes difficult and problematic situations.

描述的是困難重重且多問題的狀況。

The phrase separated at birth

短語 separated at birth（出生時被分開）

can describe two people who are unusually similar.

可以描述兩個異常相似的人。

It also refers to siblings

它也指那些兄弟姐妹

who were adopted by different parents at birth.

在出生時就被不同父母收養。

And the adjective eerie means strange

形容詞 eerie 的意思是奇怪，

in a frightening and mysterious way.

以一種令人害怕和神秘的方式。

And finally,

最後，

if someone says, it was crazy,

如果有人說 it was crazy，

they mean it was strange and fantastic.

他們的意思是這很奇怪且不可思議。

Once again,

再次提醒，

our six minutes are up. 慣用語

我們的六分鐘時間到了。

But remember,

但請記住，

you can find worksheets, quizzes,

你可以找到學習單、測驗，

and loads more resources to improve your English 用詞

以及更多有助於提高你英語水準的資源，

on our website,

就在我們的網站上：

bbclearningenglish.com.

bbclearningenglish.com。

See you there soon.

稍後見。

But for now,

不過現在，

goodbye.

再見。

Goodbye.

再見。

Six Minute English

六分鐘英語

from bbclearningenglish.com.

來自 bbclearningenglish.com。