国家地理:China's Lost Girls 被抛弃的女孩 -7

(Oh, really?) You just see this inexplicable¹ joy on everyone's face. The feeling makes me get chills² just thinking about it right now. It was awesome³.

I want one.

While most of the families are getting to know their new children, I go with Denny Hawl on a personal journey. We drive to the Nanchang City Park where her daughter Marissa was left nearly 5 years ago.

They, they named her Jade⁴ Treasure in the park and some of Marissa's favorite things to do are to be outside, to pick up acorns⁵, she collects leaves, she, she has a collection of seashells. She is a child of nature. And to me she's around there that she was left in the park, she was found in the park and that's so part of who she is, kind of, you know.

And the funny thing is that if I, I brought Marisa back here tomorrow, she would love this park. You know, that's, that's the ironic⁶ thing. She would just think this is great and it is a nice place and you know, better than abroad just beside the road, or a dry cleaner's or a shoe store. You know, I'd like to think that someone cared enough about her to at least leave her in a beautiful place, in a place where people, you know, are just a lot of people are here. So she will be found.

"When that day comes when you do tell her that you know she was found in a park, in this park, how do you think she'll react?"

"I hope that somehow, she can accept that without doubting her own self-worth, you know, that's, that's my biggest fear."

"So is this what you wanna just put up and let people know she is ok?"

"Yes, I mean, you don't want them, anyone to contact you necessarily."

"Ruibo, would you read that?"
"OK, the, the girl on the picture was found on November 16th, 1999 here in this park, and she was living happily and healthily with her new parents in the United States."

It's kind of weird⁷ to see little Marissa's face in this little, this park in China? Oh, no...And I gotta wonder in what way she would think of this, I hope it's ok. Little Marissa. Send her message out there to the universe.

Within seconds a crowd starts to gather to look at the poster.

Look at her. She is so pretty and healthy, she will thank you and love you more than her real parents when she grows up.

Where do you come from? From Atlantic Georgia, America.

"I feel very disgraced⁸ and a loss of face. I know, I think maybe several years later, she will think, she will not feel pride of our country."

"Now I don't know how she will feel, right now she is very proud. She takes Chinese dance, Chinese language, she is very proud."

1 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。

2 chills   

寒冷( chill的名词复数 )； 冷漠； 扫兴； [冶金学]激冷

参考例句：

• These evening damps and chills play Old Harry with one's bronchial tubes. 夜晚的湿气与寒冷对支气管有害。
• The bitter wind chills one to the bone. 寒风彻骨。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 jade   

n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠

参考例句：

• The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
• He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。

5 acorns   

n.橡子，栎实( acorn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Great oaks from little acorns grow. 万丈高楼平地起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Welcome to my new website!It may not look much at the moment, but great oaks from little acorns grow! 欢迎来到我的新网站。它现在可能微不足道，不过万丈高楼平地起嘛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

7 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

8 disgraced   

（人）丢脸的，耻辱的，不光彩的

参考例句：

• They have disgraced the whole school. 他们给整个学校都丢了脸。
• She was disgraced at court. 她在宫廷中失宠。