VOA标准英语2013--Story of One American Family’s Russian Adoption Told in Documentary

 

Story of One American Family’s Russian Adoption¹ Told in Documentary 

NEW YORK — A documentary that tells the story of three Russian children adopted by an American couple has become especially relevant in the wake of Russia’s 2012 ban  on U.S. adoptions².

The Dark Matter of Love combines an American family’s story with research on the science of attachment³ - how humans learn to connect.

The American parents, Claudio and Cheryl Diaz, had a teenage daughter, Cami, when they adopted three children from Russian orphanages⁵: 11-year-old Masha, and five- year-old twins Marcel and Vadim.

Throughout the film, a therapist specializing in adoption issues visits the Diaz family to help them learn how to help their children love and trust. The film shows a  year of struggle and depression for everyone in the family.  Director Sarah McCarthy spoke⁶ to VOA's Victoria Kupchinetsky.  “It’s difficult for parents to understand  the behavior of the adopted children, because they will just push you away and push you away, and it’s not because they’re evil or because they’re trying to hurt  you.  It’s because they’ve grown up in an orphanage⁴ and that’s the way they’ve learned to survive," said McCarthy.

But the research also shows, McCarthy says, that young brains can rewire, and that orphans⁷ can thrive in a loving family, as the Diaz children have.

McCarthy is using her film to relay that message and campaign against Russia’s ban on U.S. adoptions which halted 300 adoptions underway.  The Dark Matter of Love has  been screened in Moscow and other cities by groups lobbying Russia to repeal⁸ the ban.

It has played to strong reviews at film festivals in the U.S. and Canada. 

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 adoptions   

n.采用，收养( adoption的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Adoption agencies are always so open to alternative family adoptions. 领养中介机构永远都对领养家庭敞开。 来自电影对白
• The number of adoptions has grown in the past year. 去年，收养子女的数字增加了。 来自互联网

3 attachment   

n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附

参考例句：

• She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
• She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。

4 orphanage   

n.孤儿院

参考例句：

• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
• They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

5 orphanages   

孤儿院( orphanage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It is Rotarians running orphanages for children who have no homes. 扶轮社员们为没有家的孩子办孤儿院。
• Through the years, she built churches, hospitals and orphanages. 许多年来，她盖了一间间的教堂、医院、育幼院。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

8 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。