导读：多年前，两个小女孩在中国的一家孤儿院成为朋友。照片显示他们经常在一起玩耍。当她们还是孩子的时候，就被不同的美国家庭收养，完全失去了联系。
重难句解析
adopt/dpt/v.收养例句：Shewasforcedtohaveherbabyadopted.她被迫把婴儿给人收养。
strikeupaconversation搭讪例句：Whiledoingbusiness,hewouldstrikeupaconversationwithhiscustomers.他总是一边卖东西一边和顾客搭讪。
astounded/standd/adj.感到震惊的例句：Shelookedastoundedatthenews.她听到那消息时显得震惊。
bedrawnto被……所吸引例句：I'vealwaysbeendrawntotoughwomen.我总是被坚强的女性所吸引。
ShehadpulledupapictureofheronaslideandIrealizedthatbackgroundlookedveryfamiliar.她从幻灯片上调出一张她的照片，我意识到背景看起来很眼熟。pullup意为“调出”；that引导宾语从句。
RubyandAllyarepickinguptheirfriendshiprightwheretheyleftoff!鲁比和艾丽正在她们中断友谊的地方重拾她们的友谊！pickup意为“捡起，拾起”；leaveoff意为“停止，中断”。
Theycouldn’tstoptalkingandsharingoldphotos,soonrealizingthattheyremembersomeofthesamepeoplefromthosebriefformativeyears.她们情不自禁地交谈和分享旧照片，很快意识到她们还记得在那短暂个性形成时期的一些相同的人。can’tstopdoingsth.意为“情不自禁地做某事”；realizing现在分词作伴随状语；that引导宾语从句。
Manyyearsago,twolittlegirlsbecamefriendsatanorphanage(孤儿院)inChina.Oldpicturesshowthemfrequentlystandingnexttoeachotherandplayingtogether.Whentheywerestillchildren,theywereadoptedbyseparatefamiliesintheU.S.andcompletelylosttouch.
AllyColegrewuptoattendLibertyUniversityinLynchburg,Virginia,aschoolwithover15,000studentslivingoncampus.Shesatdownonaschoolbusonedayandstruckupaconversationwiththestudentnexttoher,afreshmannamedRubyWierzbicki.Thetwoofthemquicklydiscoveredtheyhavefarmoreincommonthantheycouldhaveimagined!
“Aswetalked,Iaskedwhereshewasoriginallyfrom,andherresponsewasChina!”AllywroteonFacebook.“ShehadpulledupapictureofheronaslideandIrealizedthatbackgroundlookedveryfamiliar.So,Ipulledupapictureofmyownwithasimilarslidepicture,anditturnsoutwearefromthesameorphanage!”
BothAllyandRubyusedtoliveattheJinanSocialWelfareInstituteinChina.Theycouldn’tstoptalkingandsharingoldphotos,soonrealizingthattheyremembersomeofthesamepeoplefromthosebriefformativeyears.“WewerequietforalittlebitbecauseIthinkwewerebothjustinshock,”Rubysaid.Allyagreed,“IthinkIwasjustinshockthatIactuallyknewsomeonefrommypast.Ithinkitdidn’treallyhitmeuntilafterIwenttoclass.”
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