环球慢速英语 吉安娜·耶森(5)

Voice 2: But Gianna did survive. She spent several months in hospital. Her natural mother never came to see her. So a number of different people cared for Gianna. At the age of four she was adopted. Another woman became Gianna's legal¹ mother. Her name is Diana. Diana helped Gianna to deal with her cerebral² palsy. And Gianna made good progress. In time she was sitting, standing³ and walking. She did well at school. Her new family loved and cared for her. They took her to church. They told her about the love of God.

声音2：而吉安娜的确活了下来。她在医院住了几个月。在她住院期间，她的生母从来没有来看过她。所以，很多人照顾过吉安娜。吉安娜在4岁时被领养。另一名女性成为了吉安娜法律上的母亲。她的名字是戴安娜。戴安娜帮助吉安娜治疗脑瘫。吉安娜取得了很好的进展。一段时间之后，她可以坐着、可以站起来，也可以走路。她在学校表现良好。她的新家人喜欢她，也很关心她。他们带她去教堂。他们告诉她上帝的慈爱。

Voice 1: But Gianna still had questions. She wanted to know more about Tina. Why had she given Gianna away? Diana gently explained. She told Gianna the truth. She told Gianna that she had survived abortion⁴. She told her that her physical problems were caused when she was born.

声音1：但是吉安娜仍然有疑问。她想知道更多有关蒂娜的事情。为什么她要抛弃吉安娜？戴安娜温柔地解释了这件事。她告诉了吉安娜真相。她对吉安娜说，她是在堕胎中幸存下来的。她告诉吉安娜，她身体上的问题是在她出生时造成的。

1 legal   

adj.法律的，依照法律的，合法的，法定的，正当的

参考例句：

• He is my legal adviser.他是我的法律顾问。
• This is partly a political and partly a legal question.这个问题部分是政治问题，部分是法律问题。

2 cerebral   

adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的

参考例句：

• Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
• He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。