【读新闻学英语】“你真的没死！”69年了，失散母女终于重聚了！

A woman who was falsely told her baby died at birth has reunited with her daughter for the first time in 69 years.
一名女子被告知了自己的孩子在出生时就夭折的错误消息。69年来，她终于迎来了和女儿的第一次团聚。
Reunite with：和……团聚

In 1949, at 18, Genevieve Purinton gave birth to baby girl Connie Moultroup, but was told her daughter died at birth.
1948年，18岁的Genevieve Purinton生下了女婴Connie Moultroup，但她被告知女儿在出生时就去世了。
Give birth to：生下；生育

"I said I wanted to see the baby. They told me she died," Purinton recalled on Monday in an interview with Fox 13.
周一，Purinton在接受Fox 13采访时回忆道，“我说我想看看孩子。他们告诉我她已经死了。”
Recall：回忆；回想

But 69 years later and in what is being described as a Christmas miracle, the 88-year-old and her daughter came together for the first time hugging and crying during their emotional reunion.
但是69年后，这位88岁的母亲和她的女儿在第一次重聚时激动无比，他们哭着拥抱在一起，人们都称之为圣诞奇迹。
Miracle：奇迹
Reunion：重聚；聚会

"It's been a lifetime of wanting this," said Moultroup, who arrived here from her home in Vermont. "I remember being 5 years old, wishing I could find my mother."
“这是一辈子都盼着这一刻，” Moultroup说，她从自己在佛蒙特州的家中赶到这里。 “我记得5岁的时候，我还希望能找到我的母亲。”
Vermont：佛蒙特州（美国州名）

Moultroup had spent many years trying to identify who her real mother was, and made a small breakthrough discovering she had a first cousin whose aunt was named Genevieve Purinton.
Moultroup花了多年时间试图找出她的亲生母亲，终于她取得了一个小小的突破，她发现自己有一个表亲的阿姨名叫Genevieve Purinton。
Breakthrough：突破

When Purinton gave birth to her daughter in an Indiana hospital, she was told a life-altering lie.
当Purinton在印第安纳州一家医院生下女儿时，她听到的是改变她一生的谎言。
Life-altering：改变一生的

"I was a young, unwed mum, and they said my baby died during birth," Purinton says. She wasn't provided with a death certificate and she never had more children.
“我当时是一个年轻又未婚的妈妈，他们说我的宝宝在出生时就已经死了，” Purinton说。她没有获得[婴儿的]死亡证明，也没有再生孩子。
Unwed：未婚的
Death certificate：死亡证明

But last year Moultroup's daughter bought her a DNA kit in the hope she'd one day track her mother down.
但是在去年，Moultroup的女儿给她买了一套DNA检测工具，希望有一天母亲能找到外祖母。
Track down：追寻；追查出

"I never met my own biological father, and growing up, it was just me and my mom," Moultroup's daughter Bonnie told Yahoo Lifestyle.
Moultroup的女儿Bonnie告诉Yahoo Lifestyle说，“我从来没有见过自己的亲生父亲，在我的成长过程中，只有我和妈妈。”
Biological：有血亲关系的

"I remember mum trying to find her birth mother, and it was hard to see her go through that."
“我记得妈妈在试图找到她的亲生母亲，我不忍心看她经历这些。”
Go through：经历；经受

On September 8, Moultroup received a phone call that would change her life forever.
9月8日，Moultroup接到一个电话，一个将永远改变她的生活的电话。

It was her long-lost biological mum, Purinton.
是和她失散多年的亲生妈妈——Purinton打来的电话。
Long-lost：失散多年的

"She said, 'Where were you born? What year? I think I might be your mother."
“她说，'你在哪里出生？哪一年？我想我可能是你的妈妈。”

After bi-weekly phone calls to one another, the pair decided it was time to meet for the first time.
在两人每隔两周打一次电话后，她们决定是时候第一次见面了。
Bi-weekly：每两周一次

Embracing one another, Purinton said: "You're really not dead", with Moultroup responding "I'm not dead".
她们互相拥抱着，Purinton说：“你真的没死”，Moultroup回答说，“我还没死”。
Embrace：拥抱

Following a lengthy hug, Moultroup joked: "She couldn't deny me if she wanted to — we look exactly alike.
在漫长的拥抱之后，Moultroup开玩笑说：“即使她想要，她也不能否认，我们长得完全一样。”
Lengthy：长的；漫长的

"We have the same facial features, bad knees, and we've both had heart attacks and strokes."
“我们有相同的面部特征，我们的膝盖都不好，我们都曾心脏病发作，也都中过风。”
Heart attack：心脏病发作
Stroke：中风

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