A family seems exactly like an archipelago. All part of the same whole, but still separate and alone. And always drifting slowly apart.

语音讲解
单词发音
exactly adv.恰好地；正是；精确地；正确地
alone adv.独自地；单独地
archipelago n. 群岛，列岛
whole发音同hole ≠ 后
still adv.仍然；更；静止地
连词发音
seems exactly like an archipelago
slowly apart

言之有物

1.seem/look/be/do sth.... exactly like XX 就像是XX
I feel exactly like you.
我的感觉与你完全一样。
She is doing the work exactly like I want her to.
她正在完全按照我要她做的那样在做这项工作。
2.archipelago

3.drift
drift 漂移

漂流

drift apart 漂离→逐渐疏远 grow apart
Over the years my college friends and I have drifted apart.
这么多年来，大学里的朋友和我都疏远了。
drift/doze off 瞌睡
I didn't hear the wind. I must have drifted off by then.
我没听到风声，那时候我肯定是睡着了。

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