Every day, a small story generated by #Linggua Backword is serialized. Come and read stories, memorize words, and learn English with me. This story is based on the book "Wang Dongmei's Unforgettable IELTS Vocabulary" (a total of 2049 IELTS core vocabulary words), with about 10 new words in each story + review of previously memorized words.
English:
As Foo recovered, he and Jolin formed an unlikely bond. Despite their different backgrounds, they found themselves compatible in many ways. Jolin helped rehabilitate Foo's body and mind, while Foo entertained her with his extroverted and spontaneous personality. One day, they met a parapsychologist who claimed to have telepathy. Foo was sceptical, but Jolin was compelled to try it. To their surprise, they found they could communicate with each other without speaking. This bout of telepathy brought them even closer together.
Chinese:
当 Foo 康复后，他和 Jolin 形成了一种不太可能的联结。尽管他们背景不同，但在很多方面他们发现彼此都很合得来。Jolin 帮助康复了 Foo 的身体和思想，而 Foo 以他外向和自发的个性来娱乐她。有一天，他们遇到了一个声称具有心灵感应的超心理学家。Foo 持怀疑态度，但 Jolin 却被这种想法吸引。让他们惊讶的是，他们发现他们可以在不说话的情况下沟通。这一次的心灵感应使他们更加紧密。
Vocabulary or phrase usage analysis:
- rehabilitate: In this context, it means "to recover" and is a verb.
- extroverted: It means "outgoing" and is an adjective that describes Foo's personality.
- spontaneous: It means "spontaneous" and is an adjective that describes Foo's personality.
- parapsychologist: It means "parapsychologist" and is a noun used to describe the person they met.
- sceptical: It means "doubtful" and is an adjective used to describe Foo's reaction to the parapsychologist's claim.
- telepathy: It means "telepathy" and is a noun used to describe the phenomenon they discovered where they could communicate without speaking.
Analysis of complex sentences:
Despite their different backgrounds, they found themselves compatible in many ways.
This is a compound sentence. The main clause is "they found themselves compatible in many ways," with "they" referring to Foo and Jolin. The subordinate clause is "Despite their different backgrounds," which explains that despite their different backgrounds, they still found many commonalities. This subordinate clause is an adverbial clause used to explain the background of the main clause.