名人教英文：是相同的孪生婴儿吗？
are they identical twins?
是相同的孪生婴儿吗？
larry: how did the bridge game go? did you and dodie win this time?
拉里﹕这次玩桥牌结果怎样？你和多迪这一次有没有赢？
velia: as a matter of fact we did, at long last. but that wasn't the most important thing.
维莉娅﹕我们的确赢了，终于赢了。但那不是最重要的事。
larry: something more important than winning? must have been something big.
拉里﹕比赢桥牌还重要？那一定是件大事。
velia: well dodie's daughter jean has just had twins. how about that? isn't it great news?
维莉娅﹕嗯，多迪的女儿珍刚生了双胞胎，这个怎样，不是大喜讯吗？
larry: well, that's great news. dodie must be very happy. are they identical twins?
拉里﹕嗯，的确是大喜讯，多迪一定很高兴。是相同的孪生婴儿吗？
velia: no, they're non-identical twins. a girl and a boy. the boy was born first.
维莉娅﹕不是，是不相同的孪生婴儿，一女一男，男的较先出世。
larry: well, their mother is going to be a very busy lady from now on.
拉里﹕嗯，他们的母亲从此要忙个不停了。
维莉娅用at long last一词，说终于赢了桥牌。at long last是at last的强调说法，表示经过很久或花了很大气力，才得偿所愿。
留意「得偿所愿」四字。at last带出的事物，应是你希望发生或希望如此的；假如事与愿违，就应改用finally、in the end等说法，例如﹕(1) at (long) last, i was given a promotion（我终于获得升迁）。(2) i tried for a long time to find out what had happened, but in the end / finally i had to give up（我想了解发生了什么事，查访多时，终于无功而止）。第二句就不应用at last二字。
此外，列点述事，说到最后一点，香港有些人会用at last带出，那也不对。最后一点，应用finally或lastly表示，例如﹕lastly / finally, i would like to propose a toast to our guest of honour（最后，我要请大家为我们的嘉宾干杯）。
拉里听到多迪的女儿生了双胞胎，问道﹕are they identical twins? 孪生婴儿，假如由同一卵子发育，性别相同，样子也相似，英文叫identical twins；假如由不同卵子发育，则性别、样子都未必相同，那叫 fraternal twins或non-identical twins。fraternal通常解作「兄弟的」或「兄弟一般的」，例如﹕i could see no fraternal love between the three brothers（三兄弟之间，我看不到一点手足之情）。不过，fraternal twins不一定指孪生兄弟，也可以指孪生兄妹等。