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南京一对父女要自驾去美国上学
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  • It's not uncommon1 for parents of freshmen2 college students to drive their children to their new school as a way to say their last goodbyes as their children set off on their adult lives.

    当子女要开始自己的成人生活时,作为大学新生的父母,用开车送孩子到大学的方式来做最后的告别是一件很常见的事儿。

    But one father in China is taking that 'goodbye' to a whole new level.

    但是中国一位爸爸把这样一个“告别”带到了新的高度。

    Huang Haitao has managed to convince his daughter, Huang Xinyi, to allow him to drive her to her new school, in Seattle, Washington!

    黄海涛说服了自己女儿黄歆轶,允许自己开车送她到华盛顿西雅图的学校去。

    He says he decided3 to make his "crazy" decision after Xinyi was accepted at Seattle University.

    据黄海涛表示,当女儿被西雅图大学录取之后,他就做出了这个“疯狂”的决定。

    While most young people might balk4 at the idea of spending so much time together with one of their parents in a vehicle, the experience will not be a new one for Huang Xinyi and her father.

    虽然大多数年轻人可能会难以忍受和父母在一辆车里度过这么长的时间,但是这样的经历对黄歆轶和黄海涛来说并不是什么新鲜事儿。

    The two have travelled over 120,000 kilometers together already in vehicles to promote the Youth Olympic Games, which took place in Nanjing in 2014.

    2014年,为了宣传在南京举办的青奥会,这对父女曾经一起驾车行驶了12万公里。

    They both say their main goal is to help promote Chinese culture among the countries they visit along the way.

    两人都表示,他们的主要目的是在途径的国家促进中国文化的传播。

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    1 uncommon [ʌnˈkɒmən] AlPwO   第8级
    adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的
    参考例句:
    • Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago. 这些看法在30年前很常见。
    • Phil has uncommon intelligence. 菲尔智力超群。
    2 freshmen ['freʃmən] bcdb5f5d859647798b83af425baa69ee   第7级
    n.(中学或大学的)一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生,他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄,但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句
    3 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    4 balk [bɔ:k] RP2y1   第10级
    n.大方木料;v.妨碍;不愿前进或从事某事
    参考例句:
    • We get strong indications that his agent would balk at that request. 我们得到的强烈暗示是他的经纪人会回避那个要求。
    • He shored up the wall with a thick balk of wood. 他用一根粗大的木头把墙撑住。

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