访谈录[Interview]2007-10-12:最熟悉的陌生人

Welcome back everyone. Imagining growing up and never knowing that you had a sister and then one day, finding out you have more than just a sister, you have an identical twin out there. This very thing happened to our next guests.

And they wrote a book about it to document their story, called " Identical Strangers", a memoir¹ of twins separated and reunited. Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein welcome, sisters, in Fox & Friends.

Hi!

Who...

And this is Paula and this is Elyse. Since they are identical.

You know, Elyse, I understand that you made this happen,correct?

That's right, I was living in Paris,I, I grew up knowing I was adopted, but it wasn't till my early 30s that I had sought information about my birth mother. And I got a letter from an adoption² agency, saying my birth mother wasn't looking for me, but I had a twin.

And what did you feel like when that kind of news comes to you?

My life was racing³ before my eyes, I couldn't believe it and I began to imagine who was this person out there, I was driven to find her. So I came to New York, which is where we were born, and I knew the name of the adoption agency, so I gave them a call and they said we will help you find her.

Oh,wow, is that common, Paula, for the adoption agency to help hook up siblings⁴?

It's funny, it was such an unusual situation, I don't think there is any sort of policy about ,you know , do you reunite separated twins or not, but back when we were adopted, it was not common policy to separate twins. In fact, we were separated in part to participate in a secret study(Yeah,I read about that.)on Nature versus⁵ Nurture⁶.

And (nothing)...People were studying your, your upbringing?

Well, we were studied for the time that we were in a foster home before we were adopted. There were other sets of twins and one set of triplets who were studied really until they were teenagers and that their families knew that they were participating in a child study. But they did not know that their children were actually multiples.

Ok, so often we hear about identical twins having similar traits and characteristics, now that you guys have been reunited for 3 to 4 years. What things do you share in common?

Well, it was amazing, well, we obviously share similar mannerism⁷, and we both like to talk a lot.

Then we have almost identical, identical taste in books,and movies, I mean to the point where we both, when someday when we asked each other when we first met, you know, who's your favorite director and what's your favorite movie, we both said" Wings of Desire" which is ,you know , a German film.

That's a weave, because for us it's Chariots of Fire , and we are not even related.Uh,uh, let's , we have a special surprise for you here, this is to celebrate, your unification and your birthday(Oh, happy birthday to you....)

It's your guys' birthday.right? (We want that one.) ...You're together.

You're 24 now.

It's our 4th birthday together, so when I went to buy her a birthday card I was to buy her a 4th birthday card.

Alright, both of you together blow up the candles. Blow half and half, and as Paula and Elyse blow, best of luck to you for your newcome friendship.

Oh, thank you so much.

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Nature versus Nurture: The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate⁸ qualities.

1 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

2 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

5 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

6 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。

7 mannerism   

n.特殊习惯，怪癖

参考例句：

• He has this irritating mannerism of constantly scratching his nose.他老是挠鼻子，这个习惯真让人不舒服。
• Her British accent is just a mannerism picked up on her visit to London.她的英国口音是她访问伦敦学会的。

8 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。