Skills 5, Exercise 2, page 95.0:01
Some people are just meant to be together.0:08
From the very first moment, there is a connection and a bond that no one else can equal or understand.0:11
A computer link finally brought two love-lost people together.0:18
Let's listen to Meredith's story.0:23
I was born in Yangmen, China.0:26
My birth mother was unable to take care of me and gave me up for adoption.0:29
I was adopted by a loving, childless family from America.0:34
I was taken to my new home in Chicago, Illinois before I was a year old.0:38
I grew up among people who loved me.0:43
I had everything a child could dream of, but there was something I really longed for— a sister.0:46
I remember, I often told my parents that all I wanted was a sister.0:53
Here comes the best part of the story.0:58
This might sound unbelievable, but it is true.1:01
6 years ago, Meredith's father, Jim Rittenhouse, was reading an online post in a Yahoo group from a family that had adopted a daughter around the same time that he and his wife had adopted their daughter called Meredith.1:05
Jim was really surprised because they called their daughter Meredith also.1:21
Along with the post, there was a picture of young Meredith.1:27
When Mr Rittenhouse looked at the picture, he knew instantly he was looking at his own daughter's twin sister.1:31
After a short amount of time and a very simple blood test, the two families learnt that their daughters, Meredith and me, were in fact twins.1:40
The orphanage in China had not known we were twins because the babies had been brought to them on two separate occasions.1:48
But none of that matters now.1:54
It is really great that I have a sister, a twin sister actually, who lives next door.1:56
And our parents are great people.2:02
I guess we are an unusual family, but I feel lucky to have them as parents.2:04
Life can hold surprises for everyone.2:10
As for the two sisters, the girls, like two peas in a pod, are together again, this time forever.2:13
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