大量寄来的礼物
Gifts poured in
不只来自素昧平生的人
not only from unknown people
而且(也)来自婴儿食品、婴儿肥皂制造厂商
but from baby food and soap manufacturers
很想……的
who wished to
宣传他们的产品
advertise their products
不但素昧平生的人寄来了大量的礼物,而且婴儿食品、婴儿肥皂制造厂商为了替自己产品做广告也寄来了大量的礼物。
Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products.
这座旧农舍
The old farmhouse
这家人住的
the family lived in
将
be to
将由……所取代
was to be replaced by
一座新的价值50万美元的住宅
a new $500,000 home
这家人住的旧家舍将由一座价值50万美元的新住宅所取代。
The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home.
一再要求
keep pressing for
记者们一再要求采访
Reporters kept pressing for interviews
充当
act as
新闻发布会
press conference
所以不得不请了几个律师为这个家充当记者招待会上的发言人。
so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
由于记者纷纷要求会见,他们不得不请了律师充当他们家的发言人举行记者招待会。
Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
当这五个婴儿
While the five babies
还在静静地睡着
were still quietly sleeping
在氧气帐里
in oxygen tents
在一家医院婴儿室里的
in a hospital nursery
他们的父母
their parents
正在为这名声付出代价
were paying the price for fame.
眼下,五胞胎还静静地躺在医院婴儿室的氧气帐里,他们的父母却为这名声付出了代价。
While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame.
再也无法
It would never again be possible to
他们再也无法
It would never again be possible for them to
过正常的生活。
lead normal lives.
他们再也无法过正常的生活。
It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives.
他们成了
They had become
商业化的受害者
the victims of commercialization
具有了……价值
acquire a …… value
因为他们的名字具有了市场价值。
for their names had acquired a market value.
他们成了商业化的受害者,因为他们的名字具有了市场价值。
They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value.
没……却……
Instead of doing
没成为5个新的家庭成员,而成为……
Instead of being five new family members
这些孩子立即成了商品
these children had immediately become a commodity.
这些孩子立即成了商品,而不是5个新的家庭成员。
Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.