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I come from a broken family that many would consider dysfunctional at the very least: marriages, divorces, etc.
我来自一个破碎的家庭，很多人至少会认为这个家庭是不正常的：婚姻、离婚等等m3TVCjV3K-。
After we grew up, my three siblings and I could go years without speaking. And that is where this story begins.
我们长大后，我的三个姐妹好几年都不说话;n+Qj_1Ys)A,。这就是故事的开始9-tT7bZtdy5QS~Si。
My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months apart, but by the time we were teenagers we had lost touch.
我和姐姐珍妮出生只相差14个月，但是在我们是青少年的时候，我们就失去联系了)f,@&iV&;4Wx3qG|T。
By age 19, I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my father's horse farm in Virginia, where I worked ultimately as a veterinary assistant and a bartender.
19岁时，我就已经离开威斯康辛州的家，搬到了父亲在弗吉尼亚州的马场4%=w,uBP3hol。我后来在那里做过兽医助理和酒保dB[|n9Ra7V*DXe.U(fX。
Jeanne got married at 18, moved to Chicago, and became—well, I didn't know what.
珍妮18岁就结婚了，搬到了芝加哥，成为...我不知道baRFLmI#L#VYkMUIV。
We lived separate lives in separate states, and our connection somehow ended. Fast-forward about five years.
我们在不同的州过着不同的生活，我们的联系不知怎么的就中断了S!4Gl~UkBIAeh。时间快进到五年后p)8]cPUXzwCT.chU。

I was 24 and on a trip with my fiancé to New York City, a place I had never been. It was overwhelming.
我24岁，和我的未婚夫一起去纽约旅行，那是一个我从未去过的地方[CIxXo8,ZQz-(2k。这令我无法抗拒9b[Y&Ndi6*ii5_X=vl。
I was used to riding my horse to the corner store where everyone knew everyone and everything going on in the quiet little cowpoke town of Driver, Virginia.
我习惯于骑马去街角的商店，那里的每个人都彼此认识，所有的事情都发生在安静的牛仔小镇弗吉尼亚的德赖弗9KA8p7Gk=IESR。
We had gone to New York to visit my fiancé's cousin and see the sights.
我们去纽约拜访我未婚夫的表弟，参观景点IvCcJViw+AB&dwiyZ。
We went to Little Italy, the Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, and several Manhattan clubs.
我们去了小意大利，自由女神像、唐人街和几个曼哈顿俱乐部,fyom=JhD5[aU。
I had never seen so many taxicabs in one spot in all my life.
我一辈子都没在一个地方见过这么多出租车GdL6(#C@j+Pxq*。
During a day of sightseeing, we were crossing a very busy street loaded with people. Everyone was in a hurry, hustling and bustling.
有一天观光的时候，我们穿过一个非常繁忙的街道，路上都是人6e^lMaHITZ2YPcz5TMQ。大家都很匆忙，熙熙攘攘BzhjTb)7BW+H[Y#D(q。
I had laughed at something my fiancé said, and I suddenly heard my name yelled from somewhere behind me: “Cheryl!” I froze in my steps in the middle of the road.
我刚被我未婚夫说的某个东西逗笑，就突然听到后面有人大喊我的名字：谢丽尔！我的身体就在路中间定住了I74mVgV~)n。

重点讲解

1.At the very least至少

At the very least, he is devastatingly sure of himself, you can say that.
至少还可以说，他对自己是深信不疑的PZ^&.F,(MzKF;B。

2.loaded with装满

The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.
这艘船满载货物驶往上海~-88=Pe._)fO。

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