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6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Beth.
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In this episode, we're talking about twins.
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Non-identical or fraternal twins come from two separate eggs and share half their genes.
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More uncommon are identical twins who come from a single fertilised egg and share 100% of their genes.
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As humans, we're fascinated by twins.
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When people discover that someone's a twin,
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they start asking all kinds of questions.
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What question would you ask a twin, Neil?
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Oh, probably quite an annoying one.
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Maybe, do you share each other's thoughts?
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Ooh, I might ask, if one of you is hurt,
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does the other one feel the pain?
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Hmm, interesting.
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Well, some common questions for twins include,
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do you have psychic powers?
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Have you ever swapped boyfriends?
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And do you have the same dreams?
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But according to Anand Jagatia,
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who presented a recent episode of BBC World Service's CrowdScience all about twins...
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If you meet a twin and you ask them one of these questions,
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don't be surprised if they roll their eyes at you.
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Ask a twin about psychic powers and they might roll their eyes – a way of showing boredom or irritation.
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But nevertheless, twins continue to capture our imagination and in this episode we'll be finding out why,
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using some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary for this episode,
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along with a quiz and a worksheet, on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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First, I have a question for you, Beth.
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These days, twins are more common than you might think.
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In fact, one in every 42 babies is born a twin.
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But do you know which famous Hollywood star is a twin?
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Is it a Jennifer Lawrence,
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b Angelina Jolie or c Scarlett Johansson?
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Ooh, I don't know.
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I'm going to guess Scarlett Johansson.
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Well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme.
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Professor Karen Dillon is the author of a book on twins in American literature and a twin herself.
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Here she discusses the good and bad sides of twinship with Anand Jagatia for BBC World Service programme CrowdScience.
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being a twin isn't always plain sailing.
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Yeah, it is nice.
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There's never that fear because you're going through school together.
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You're sometimes in the same class together.
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You're making friends together.
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So all of those milestones of childhood in some ways are made easier for twins.
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But then the older you get,
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the more you realise how much people really think of you as a twin rather than as an individual.
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Twins go through many childhood milestones together.
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A milestone is an important stage of development,
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so a childhood milestone could be something like your first day at school.
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But being a twin isn't always plain sailing,
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an idiom meaning easy and problem free.
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Many twins find it hard to establish their own identity as a separate and unique individual.
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Our fascination with twins also comes from the age-old nature versus nurture debate.
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How much of our lives is determined by nature,
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the genetics we're born with,
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and how much by nurture,
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the environment we grow up in?
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Because twins are so genetically similar,
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differences differences between them tell scientists a lot.
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Here's presenter of BBC World Service programme CrowdScience,
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Anand Jagatia, discussing this with Helena de Bress,
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a philosopher at Wellesley College, Massachusetts.
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And that's right, another twin.
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Yeah, you hear about twins that were separated at birth,
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grew up in different parts of the world,
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and they kind of have these eerily similar life courses and you think,
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gosh, how much choice have I had over the way that my life's turned out?
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Absolutely, yeah.
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There's that really famous case of the Jim twins who were reunited at age 39 after being separated at birth
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and they just had so many similarities.
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It was crazy.
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They both married someone called Linda and then divorced her for someone called Betty.
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They both named their dog Toy.
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It was like ridiculous.
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The twins Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were separated at birth.
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The phrase separated at birth can be used to describe two people with strong similarities,
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although in this case the twins were literally separated and adopted by different parents at birth.
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When the Jims were reunited in the 1970s,
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everyone was amazed at how similar their lives were.
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Anand used the adjective eerie,
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meaning strange in a frightening, mysterious way.
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And Helena says it was crazy,
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using crazy to mean strange and fantastic.
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Yes, I think strange, mysterious and fantastic describe being a twin quite well.
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OK Neil, it's time to reveal the answer to your question.
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I asked which Hollywood star is a twin?
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And you said C.
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Scarlett Johansson.
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I did.
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Which was the right answer.
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Yay!
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Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned,
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starting with roll your eyes,
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to move your eyes upwards to show you are bored or annoyed.
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A milestone is a significant stage in the development of something.
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The idiom, it's not plain sailing,
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describes difficult and problematic situations.
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The phrase separated at birth can describe two people who are unusually similar.
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It also refers to siblings who were adopted by different parents at birth.
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And the adjective eerie means strange in a frightening and mysterious way.
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And finally, if someone says it was crazy,
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they mean it was strange and fantastic.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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But remember, you can find worksheets,
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quizzes and loads more resources to improve your English on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you there soon, but for now, goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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本视频来自BBC学习英语，主持人Neil与Beth探讨了一对双胞胎的生活体验。在这段对话中，他们讨论了双胞胎间的关系，常见的社会观念，以及人们对双胞胎的好奇心。双胞胎的存在常常引发许多问题与幻想，比如是否能分享彼此的思想，或者是否具有超能力。这些讨论不仅有趣，同时也能帮助学习者在日常交流中更加自信和流利，特别是在英语口语练习的过程中。
日常沟通的五个常用短语
- Do you share each other's thoughts?（你们是否可以分享彼此的思想？）
- If one of you is hurt, does the other one feel the pain?（如果你们其中一个受伤，另一个会感觉到疼痛吗？）
- Do you have psychic powers?（你们有超能力吗？）
- Have you ever swapped boyfriends?（你们有没有互换过男朋友？）
- Do you have the same dreams?（你们做的梦一样吗？）
这些短语不仅适合用于双胞胎的讨论，还能在与朋友或同事的日常交流中灵活运用，提高你的英语口语表达能力。
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学习者可以通过以下步骤进行英语影子跟读，特别是针对这一集的视频内容：
- 听理解：首先，仔细听一次对话，全局理解内容，并专注于双胞胎的主题与他们之间的互动。
- 逐句跟读：反复播放视频的某一段落，停下并尝试模仿发音和语调。这对提高你的发音和流利度非常有效。
- 使用文本：如果可能，找到视频的文字稿，将其与音频对照，一边读一边跟读，提高对词汇的理解。
- 录音比较：尝试录制自己的声音并与视频中的音频进行对比，检查发音与语调的差异。
- 重复练习：每天抽出时间练习这些短语和句子，直到能够流利自如的使用它们，特别是在完成雅思口语练习时尤为重要。
通过以上的步骤，你将能更好地掌握与双胞胎相关的对话内容，提升你的英语口语技能，并在日常交流中更加自信。
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