【英音模仿秀】漫漫寻子路 悠悠慈母心

模仿文本：First though, opening in cinemas this weekend is "Philomena", a film directed by Stephen Frears, based on an experience of an Irish woman Philomena Lee, who was forced in the 1950s to give up her baby son for adoption¹. Pregnant but unmarried, she'd been taken in by the "Magdalene sisters". Decades later, she determined² to find that child, and joined forces, with a journalist Martin Sixsmith, who was initially³ reluctant to take on the investigation⁴.

 

译文：首先，本周末，《菲洛梅娜》在电影院首映。这部由斯蒂芬·弗雷斯导演的影片根据真实事件改编而成。在1950年代，一位名叫菲洛梅娜·莉的爱尔兰未婚妈妈被“玛德莲姐妹”收留，被迫放弃自己儿子的抚养权，把他交给别人抚养。几十年过去了，她决定寻找自己的孩子。记者马丁·斯克斯史密斯一开始并不想负责这一调查，不过到后来，他还是帮助她一起寻找儿子。

 

1 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。

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。