考研英语时事阅读的每日积累，对备考2020考研考生，在阅读水平提升方面有很大的作用!下面，北京文都考研网小编整理2020考研英语时事阅读:双胞胎小镇，供考生参考。
2020考研英语时事阅读:双胞胎小镇
【原文节选】
Ten young people pose for a group shot, boys in front, girls behind. Almost identically dressed, they stare straight to camera with a mixture of shyness and defiance familiar from school photographs the world over. But the brightness of their uniform, the playfulness of their headgear, suggests that this is no ordinary gathering – and indeed it is not.
These children, togged out in their holiday best, were among more than 2,000 sets of twins who poured into the Nigerian town of Igbo-Ora last autumn for the state of Oyo’s first twins festival – an event celebrating the town’s claim to be the twins capital of the world.
Alongside portraits of beautiful young twins revelling in their doubleness, Land of Ibeji, a photo essay, also reveals a more troubling history in certain parts of Nigeria, captured in a picture of two little girls lying together on a tiled floor. One is listlessly awake and the other sleeps, their bodies strewn with the brilliant red petals of a flamboyant tree as if they might be on the point of death, or involved in some sort of sacrificial rite.
文本选自：The Guardian(卫报)
作者：Claire Armitstead
原文标题：Images from Nigeria, land of the 'inseparable two'
【重点单词】
identically
英 [aɪ'dentɪklɪ] 美 [aɪ'dentɪklɪ]
adv. 同一地，相等地;
portrait
英 [ˈpɔ:treɪt] 美 [ˈpɔrtrət]
n.肖像，肖像画; 模型，标本; 半身雕塑像; 人物描写
capture
英 [ˈkæptʃə(r)] 美 [ˈkæptʃɚ]
vt.俘获; 夺取; 夺得; 引起(注意、想像、兴趣)
n.捕获; 占领; 捕获物; [计算机]捕捉
sacrificial
英 [ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃl] 美 [ˌsækrəˈfɪʃəl]
adj. 牺牲的;
【参考翻译】
十个年轻人摆姿势合影，男孩在前面，女孩在后。他们几乎穿着一样的衣服，带着一种从世界各地的学校照片中所熟悉的羞怯和蔑视的混合神情，直直地盯着镜头。但他们制服的鲜艳、帽子的嬉闹意味，表明这不是一次普通的聚会——事实上也不是。
这些孩子们身着节日盛装，是2000多对双胞胎中的一对。去年秋天，2000多对双胞胎涌入尼日利亚伊博奥拉镇，参加了奥约的首届双胞胎节，庆祝该镇被称为“世界双胞胎之都”。
除了美丽的双胞胎狂欢于自己的双重性之外(指以双胞胎身份而自豪)，一本名叫《双胞胎之地》(Land of Ibeji)的摄影随笔揭示了尼日利亚某些地区更令人不安的历史。其中一幅照片上，两个小女孩一起躺在铺着瓷砖的地板上。一个无精打采地醒着，另一个睡着了，他们的身体散落着鲜艳的红色花瓣，就像他们可能在死亡的边缘，或参与某种祭祀(传统)仪式。
以上是北京文都考研网给出的“2020考研英语时事阅读:双胞胎小镇”，希望上述内容对2020考研学子在英语能力提升方面有所帮助!祝2020考研必胜!
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