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Welcome to English @ the Movies, where we teach you American English heard at the movies.
欢迎来到《看电影学英语》节目，我们在这里教授你在电影中听到的美式英语。
Our phrase today comes from the documentary Three Identical Strangers.
我们今天要学习的这个短语出自纪录片《孪生陌生人》。
It is the true story of three brothers who did not know about each other until they were in college.
这是一个有关三兄弟的真实故事，他们直到上大学之后才知道彼此的存在。
They were shocked to learn they were triplets who had been separated at birth on purpose.
当得知自己从出生时就被故意分开时，三胞胎很是震惊。
Listen for the phrase "it boggles the mind".
留意听一下it boggled the mind这个短语。
When people ask me what is the most remarkable story you ever encountered,
当人们问我听过最精彩的故事是什么，
I tell them it's the story of the triplets.
我会告诉他们这个关于三胞胎的故事。
You guys have been on the front page of every newspaper in the world.
你们已经成为世界各大报纸的头版人物。
True.
是的。
They were more like clones than they were like brothers.
他们倒更像是克隆人，而非兄弟。
It boggles the mind.
这简直令人难以置信。
So what do you think "it boggles the mind"" means?
那么你认为“it boggles the mind”是什么意思呢？
Is it: It is amazing or It is rewarding?
是这令人吃惊，还是这是有好处的？
Listen again, did you have the right answer?
再听一遍，你答对了吗？
When people ask me what is the most remarkable story you ever encountered,
当人们问我听过最精彩的故事是什么，
I tell them it's the story of the triplets.
我会告诉他们这个关于三胞胎的故事。
You guys have been on the front page of every newspaper in the world.
你们已经成为世界各大报纸的头版人物。
True.
是的。
They were more like clones than they were like brothers.
他们倒更像是克隆人，而非兄弟。
It boggles the mind.
这简直令人难以置信。
"It boggles the mind" means "it is amazing".
“It boggles the mind”的意思是“这令人吃惊”。
The young men were very happy to find each other.
这几个年轻人非常开心找到彼此。
The public loved them, too.
公众也爱着他们。
But their story also raised serious questions about the ethics of using real people for a secret scientific experiment.
但他们的故事同样引起了关于用真人进行秘密科学实验的伦理讨论。
And that is English @ the Movies.
以上就是今天的《看电影学英语》。
