【英音模仿秀】身世之谜

模仿文本：

Kate Hilpern was adopted as a baby by a British family. She knew very little about her birth parents. But when she reached adulthood¹, she went to look for them. The news wasn't good. Kate found out that her mother had died in India, aged² 19, just over a year after giving birth. But the mystery about how she died led Kate on a quest to find out what had happened. Kate told me about the moment that she got hold of her birth certificate and first made contact with her maternal³ grandparents.

译文：

当年还是婴儿的凯特·西尔蓬被一个英国家庭收养。她对自己的生身父母所知甚少。但是长大成人后，她便去寻找他们。可是收到的并不是好消息。凯特发现自己的母亲在生下她一年后就死在印度，年仅19岁。但是她的神秘死亡让凯特想知道到底发生了什么。凯特告诉了我当她拿到自己的出生证明并且第一次和她外公外婆联系时的场景。

 

1 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。