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The Twins[qh]
双胞胎[qh]
Katie and Alice were twins.[qh]
凯蒂和爱丽丝是双胞胎。[qh]
They were so alike that few people could tell them apart.[qh]
她们长得很像，几乎没有人能把她们区分开来。[qh]
They were almost like seeing one person looking in a mirror.[qh]
她们彼此几乎就像一个人在照镜子一样。[qh]
They even spoke in the same way as each other.[qh]
她们甚至用同样的方式说话。[qh]
They were best friends.[qh]
她们是最好的朋友。[qh]
But the twins’ attributes were not all exactly the same.[qh]
但双胞胎的特征并不完全相同。[qh]
Alice preferred sport, and was a star athlete in soccer.[qh]
爱丽丝喜欢运动，是一名足球明星运动员。[qh]
Katie preferred foreign languages and was bilingual in French.[qh]
凯蒂喜欢外语，第二语言是法语。[qh]
Katie decided to be a participant at a summer camp in France.[qh]
凯蒂决定参加在法国举办的夏令营。[qh]
Alice wasn't interested in the French language, so she didn't go.[qh]
爱丽丝对法语不感兴趣，所以她没去。[qh]
But she was angry that Katie wanted to spend the summer away from her.[qh]
但她很生气，因为凯蒂想离开她过暑假。[qh]
Two months later, Katie returned.[qh]
两个月后，凯蒂回来了。[qh]
Alice dashed to the airport to greet her sister.[qh]
爱丽丝冲到机场迎接她的妹妹。[qh]
But when Alice saw Katie, she was surprised.[qh]
但是当爱丽丝看到凯蒂时，她很惊讶。[qh]
Katie now spoke French, and she looked completely different![qh]
凯蒂现在说法语，看起来完全不同了![qh]
She was wearing fashionable clothes, and she looked taller.[qh]
她穿着时髦的衣服，看起来更高了。[qh]
Alice felt very messy next to her.[qh]
爱丽丝觉得在她身边很凌乱。[qh]
She was just wearing an old T-shirt, and her hair looked untidy.[qh]
她只穿着一件旧T恤，头发看起来很不干净。[qh]
When Alice asked Katie about France, Katie was vague and didn't say much.[qh]
当爱丽丝问凯蒂关于法国的事情时，凯蒂含糊不清，没有说太多。[qh]
It made Alice feel tense and filled her with disgust, because in the past, they'd always told each other everything.[qh]
这让爱丽丝感到紧张和反感，因为在过去，她们总是把一切都告诉对方。[qh]
Now there was a huge gulf between them.[qh]
现在她们之间有一个巨大的鸿沟。[qh]
Over the weeks, the sisters spoke even less.[qh]
几个星期以来，姐妹俩说话更少了。[qh]
Two months later, it was the twins' birthday.[qh]
两个月后，是双胞胎的生日。[qh]
All their lives, they'd had a ritual.[qh]
她们一直都有一种仪式。[qh]
Before their birthday, they'd talk all night long.[qh]
在她们生日之前，她们会聊一整晚。[qh]
That night, Alice came into Katie's bedroom.[qh]
那天晚上，爱丽丝走进凯蒂的卧室。[qh]
“I'm sorry I haven't spoken to you much lately,” Katie said.[qh]
“很抱歉，我最近没怎么和你说话，”凯蒂说。[qh]
“I understand.[qh]
“我明白的。[qh]
You have new friends now,”said Alice, angrily.[qh]
你现在有新朋友了。”爱丽丝生气地说。[qh]
Katie said,"My French friends don't write much nowadays.[qh]
凯蒂说:“我的法国朋友现在不怎么写信了。[qh]
For a while, I thought they were more exciting than my friends at home.[qh]
有一段时间，我认为她们比我在家里的朋友更令人兴奋。[qh]
But I was wrong.[qh]
但我错了。[qh]
You’re my sister, and you'll always be my best friend."[qh]
你是我的姐妹，你永远是我最好的朋友。”[qh]
Alice said, “I'm sorry, too.[qh]
爱丽丝说:“我也很抱歉。[qh]
I wanted our relationship to stay the same forever.[qh]
我希望我们的关系永远保持不变。[qh]
But it's totally natural for twins to have different interests.[qh]
但是双胞胎有不同的兴趣是很自然的。[qh]
We can still be best friends without being together all the time."[qh]
即使我们不总是在一起，我们仍然可以成为最好的朋友。”[qh]
