BBC 英语学习 做双胞胎是什么感觉

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Hello. This is 6 min English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Neil and I'm Beth. In this episode, we're talking about twins.

Non identical or fraternal twins come from two separate eggs and

share half their genes. More uncommon

are identical twins who come from a single fertilized egg and share 100% of their genes.

As humans, were fascinated by twins.

When people discover that someone's a twin, they start asking all kinds of questions.

What question would you ask a twin nail?

Oh, probably quite an annoying one.

Maybe. Do you share each other's thoughts?

Oh, I might ask. If one of you is hurt, does the other one feel the pain?

Interesting. Well, some common questions for twins include, do you have psychic powers?

Have you ever swapped boyfriends? And do you have the same dreams?

But according to a Nangegattia, who presented a recent episode of BBC, world Services, crowd science all about twins.

If you meet a twin and you ask them one of these questions, don't be surprised if they roll their eyes at you.

Ask a twin about psychic powers, and they might roll their eyes a way of showing boredom or irritation.

But nevertheless, twins continue to capture our imagination, and in this episode, we'll be finding out why, using some useful new words and phrases.

And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary for this episode, along with the quiz and a work sheet, on our website, bbc learning english dot com.

1st I have a question for you, beth.

These days, twins are more common than you might think.

In fact, one in every 42 babies is born a twin.

But do you know which famous Hollywood star is a twin?

Is it a Jennifer Lawrence? B Angelina, jolie or c Scarlett?

Your handsome? Oh, I don't know.

I'm going to guess Scarlett your Hanse.

Well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the program.

Professor Karen Dylan is the author of a book on twins in American literature and a twin herself.

Here she discusses the good and bad sides of twinship with a man.

Jagottia, for BBC World Service program Crowd Science.

Being a twin is an always plain sailing.

Yeah, it is nice. There's never that fear, cause you're going through school together, you're sometimes in the same class together, you're making friends together.

So all of those milestones of childhood, in some ways, are made easier for twins.

But then the older you get, the more you realize how much people really think of you as a twin rather than as an individual.

Twins go through many childhood milestones together.

A milestone is an important stage of development, so a childhood milestone could be something like your 1st eight school.

But being a twin isn't always plain.

Sailing an idiom meaning easy and problem free, many twins find it hard to establish their own identity as a separate and unique individual.

Our fascination with twins also comes from the age old nature versus nurture debates how much of our lives is determined by nature, the genetics were born with, and how much by nurture, the environment we grow up in.

Because twins are so genetically similar, differences between them tell scientists a lot.

His presenter of BBC World Service program, crowd Science, and Anne Jagottia, discussing this with Helena Debris, a philosopher at Wellsley College, massachusetts.

And that's right, another twin? Yeah.

You hear about twins that were separated at birth, grew up in different parts of the world, and they kind of have these eerily similar life courses.

And you think, gosh, like, how much choice have I had over the way that my life turned out?

Absolutely. Yeah. There's that really famous case of the gym twins who were reunited at age 39 after being separated at birth, and they just had so many similarities, it was crazy.

They both married someone called Linda and then divorced over someone called Betty.

They both named their dog toy.

It was ridiculous. The twins, jim Lewis and Jim Springer, were separated at birth.

The phrase separated at birth can be used to describe two people with strong similarities, although in this case, the twins were literally separated and adopted by different paren'ts at birth.

When the gyms were reunited in the 1970s, everyone was amazed at how similar their lives were.

An and used the adjective eerie, meaning strange, in a frightening, mysterious way.

And Helena says it was crazy, using crazy to mean strange and fantastic.

Yes, I think strange, mysterious and fantastic describe being a twin quite well.

OK, neil, it's time to reveal

the answer to your question. I asked which Hollywood star is a twin?

And you said,

see, scarlet your handsome. I did.

Which was the right answer? Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with roll your eyes, to move your eyes upwards to show you are bored or annoyed.

A milestone is a significant stage in the

development of something the idiom it's not plain.

Sailing describes difficult and problematic situations.

The phrase separated at birth can describe two people who are unusually similar.

It also refers to siblings who were adopted by different paren'ts at birth.

And the adjective eerie means strange in a frightening and mysterious way.

And finally, if someone says it was crazy, they mean it was strange and fantastic.

Once again, our 6 min are up, but remember, you can find worksheets, quizzes and loads more resources to improve your English on our website, bbc learning english dot com.

See you there soon, but for now.

Goodbye. Bye. 6 min from BBC Learning English.

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