慢速英语短文听力 组建新家庭

A New Family

组建新家庭

“I’m too old to have children now,” Kim said to her friend. “But I have a lot of money. I have enough money to adopt children. I am going to adopt two baby children. I am going to adopt a baby girl and a baby boy.” Kim went to the adoption¹ agency². She said, “I want two babies, please. I want a little girl and a little boy.” The woman at the agency said okay. She told Kim to fill out many forms. Kim had to fill out lots of forms. After she filled out all the forms, Kim gave them to the woman. The woman told her that now Kim must wait. She had to wait for the two babies. “How long do I have to wait?” Kim asked. The woman said Kim might have to wait one year. Kim said, “That’s okay. I can wait one year.”

吉米对她的朋友说：“我年龄大了，不能要小孩了。但我有的是钱。我可以收养孩子。我想收养两个孩子。一个男孩，一个女孩。”吉米前往收养所。她说：“我想收养两名婴儿。一个男孩，一个女孩。”一名女工作人员说可以。她告诉吉米填写表格。吉米不得不填写许多表格。完成后，她将表格交给她。工作人员说她需要等待。她需要等待两名婴儿。吉米问道：“需要等多长时间？”她说或许要一年。吉米说：“好的，我可以等待一年。”

1 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

2 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。