K：How many people are there in your family?

你們家有幾口人?

J：My immediate family is quite small. It’s just my older step-brother, my mom, my step-dad and me. how about you?

我的直系親屬人數不多。只有一個我繼父帶來的哥哥，我母親，我繼父和我。你呢?

K：I have a large family. I have three older sisters, my twin sister, a younger brother, and parents.

我們家可是個大家庭。 我有3個姐姐， 一個雙胞胎姐姐，一個弟弟和我父母。

J：I didn’t know you were a twin! Are you identical or fraternal?

我不知道你是個雙胞胎。你們是同卵雙生還是異卵雙生?

K：We’re identical. I mean, we look exactly the same, but we are complete opposites when it comes to everything else.

我們是同卵雙生。我的意思是說，盡管我們長得一摸一樣，但是其它地方毫無相似之處。

J：Interesting. It must be great having a twin sister. Are you best friends, too?

真有意思!有個雙胞胎的姐妹的感覺一定很棒。你們倆也是最好的朋友吧?

K：We used to be really close, but that all changed once she moved to Shanghai. How about your family? You didn’t mention to your biological father.

我們曾經親密無比。但后來她搬到上海以后，情況就變了。你們家的情況怎么樣?你沒有提過你的親生父親。

J：I don’t know much about him. He died when I was just a baby. Even though I don’t have a blood relationship with my step-father and step-brother, I consider them to be my real family.

對于他耳朵事情我知道的不多，我還在襁褓中的時候他就去世了。即使我跟我的哥哥和繼父沒有血緣關系，但我還是覺得他們就是我真正的家人。

K：What about your step-brother’s mother? Does he keep in touch with her?

那你那位哥哥的母親怎么樣?他還跟她有聯(lián)系嗎

J：No, she also died when my step-brother was little. My mother and my step-father met each other shortly after my father died and became good friends. They ended up getting married a few years later.

沒了。她也是在我哥哥很小的時候去世的。我父親去世后不久，我媽媽和我繼父就認識了，還成了很好的朋友。幾年之后，他們才結婚。

K：Sounds like it was meant to be.

這似乎是命中注定。