A StoryCorps love story: Twin waitresses caught the eyes of twin musicians

A StoryCorps love story: Twin waitresses caught the eyes of twin musicians

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In this week's StoryCorps, twins married to twins talks about how they fell in love.

Intertwined Love Story: Twins Who Married Twins

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Intertwined Love Story: Twins Who Married Twins

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A MARTINEZ, HOST:

Time now for StoryCorps. Today, a love story that began in the Catskills. It was the summer of 1946. Hunny Feller and her identical twin sister, Bunny, were waitresses at a hotel. Another set of identical twins, Elliot and Danny Reiken, worked as musicians in a band there. At StoryCorps, Hunny and Elliot remembered what happened when the twins met the twins.

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ELLIOT REIKEN: When we met, you and your sister couldn't tell us apart, and we couldn't tell you two apart.

HUNNY REIKEN: But by the end of the summer, there was no chance of separating us. And we had a double wedding. You and I were married the same day as Bunny and Danny were married. And it was two brides, two grooms², one set of parents for each. The gowns were identical gowns. The flowers were identical.

E REIKEN: We both went on a honeymoon³ to Miami Beach by different trains...

H REIKEN: Yeah, so people wouldn't....

E REIKEN: ...Because we didn't want to be so obvious that people would be staring at us, you know, embarrassing.

H REIKEN: Yeah, the twins that married the twins.

E REIKEN: What'd you think about marrying me many years ago?

H REIKEN: You bowled me over with your way of kissing and the way you hold me when we dance. You're not a fantastic dancer, but you hold me fantastically. And I feel it. It's genuine. You're just not phony. I don't think you have a phony bone in your body. And I never thought anybody lasts this many years.

E REIKEN: Like, just yesterday was our 50th anniversary.

H REIKEN: Yeah. And now it's 11 years after that. I never feel, what will he do if I die first? You know how to open tuna fish. You know how to schmear it with mayonnaise. You will not fall apart. You'll feel sad when I'm gone. But you will manage. And that makes me feel very good. Thank you for being you, Elliot. You made my life complete.

E REIKEN: And I say the same. You made my life complete and hope we go on for another 50 years.

H REIKEN: I'll take five good ones. Five good ones, and I'll say thank you, God.

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MARTINEZ: That's one of the sweetest things I've heard in a while. That was Hunny and Elliot Reiken in New York City in 2010. The last of the twins, Elliot Reiken, died last week. He was 98 years old. This conversation is archived at the Library of Congress.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 grooms   

n.新郎( groom的名词复数 )；马夫v.照料或梳洗（马等）( groom的第三人称单数 )；使做好准备；训练；（给动物）擦洗

参考例句：

• Plender end Wilcox became joint grooms of the chambers. 普伦德和威尔科克斯成为共同的贴身侍从。 来自辞典例句
• Egypt: Families, rather than grooms, propose to the bride. 埃及：在埃及，由新郎的家人，而不是新郎本人，向新娘求婚。 来自互联网

3 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。