If you visit Twinsburg.0hio.in August, you will  think that you are seeing double. This is where the Twins Day Festival takes place. It is the biggest gathering of twins  in the world. Every year, about 2500 to 3000 sets of identical (完全相同 ) twins come to the festival. There are too little babies, children, teenagers (青少年 ). There are even twins who are over 90 years old.                            

The Twins Day Festival is like one big party. People  meet old friends and make new friends. There are competitions to see which twills look the most alike and which twins look the least alike. People eat hot dogs. play games. and take pictures together.

Some twins go to the festival hoping to find love.   VI Finding someone to love is difficult for twins, because twins are very close. "Being a twin is very special,  one  twin said. "it s hard for a non-twin to understand this special relationship. " Non—twins who marry twins often feel lonely and left out. Many twins and non—twins who marry get divorced (離婚). Many twins never marry because they are so happy with their twins.

At the Twins Day Festival .some twins are lucky and find love. Doug and Phil Malm met their wives Jill and Jena, at the festival. Doug explains how it happened. "We first met Jena and Jill on Friday night. Then we met them again several times on the weekend .”The two sets of twins fell in love ,and Doug and Phil asked Jill and Jena to marry them . Doug and Phil thought they asked, “Will you marry me ?”    What they really said was, “Will you marry us?”

Answer the following questions according to the passage.

1.what are the ages of the people who go to the festival?

_________________________________________________

2.Name three things people do at the festival.

_________________________________________________

3.Why is finding love difficult for twins?

__________________________________________________

4.What often happens when twins marry non-twins

__________________________________________________

5. What did Doug and Phil  ask Jill and Jena?

__________________________________________________

              

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