留美老师带你每日说英文 第373期:出生顺序会影响性格么?

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　The fact that your personality can be affected¹ by being the oldest sibling², middle child, youngest sibling or an only child has been studied for years. Thousands of these psychological studies have been done over many years.

　　在家中排行老大、中间、或是老幺、独子会影响一个人的性格，这样的研究已经有多年历史。数以千计的心理学研究已累积多年。

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 sibling   

n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)

参考例句：

• Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
• Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里，兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。