1 H9 ?5 I6 ?4 T 然而,三姐妹喜欢穿同样风格的衣服,这更增加了人们的混淆感。格拉迪丝说:“小时候妈妈一直给我们做同样风格的服装,我们一直没有改变这种习惯。当我们16岁成为裁缝时,我们仍为自己缝纫同样格式的服装,但为了让人们分辨我们的身份,我们每人的衣服都采用了不同的颜色。”此外,人们还可以从性格上分辨三姐妹。多丽丝说:“我的性格比较专横;而艾丽丝非常幽默,像个喜剧演员;格拉迪丝则仿佛是个‘婴儿’———她是最平静的一个。” 1 Z. |. v; y) e! r8 ^' V0 E * @" ?8 [/ ~. D) K3 b ▲被人误会娶“三个妻子” / m5 y) ?8 j2 ?& q
/ X0 I# I1 i9 }! k5 d- K 据悉,三姐妹住得相隔不远,她们每周三、周四都要聚到一起,和朋友们一起购物,然后去饭店,坐下来共同用餐。艾丽丝说:“我们经常串门,看望对方,我们也爱一起用餐。” , w4 l9 ^4 ^2 s" I/ ]. Q0 C . Y% }9 n( d \; A( T) B( K; p- G 三姐妹也经常结伴到英国各地度假,格拉迪丝说:“我们每年都到英国东海岸度假,我们最喜欢的地方包括惠特比市和布里德林顿市。多丽丝和我每年都要到海外旅游,但艾丽丝只和我们出国度假过一次,因为她讨厌乘飞机飞行。” ! I! v, [- `5 F# c
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即使时光过去了80年,三姐妹仍然像少女时代一样亲近,她们仍像年轻人一样充满了活力。事实上,当她们40岁时,就都开始出现了花白头发,她们一致决定染发;不过当她们50岁时,她们又一致做出“共同变老”的决定,从此不再染发。 " ^ w* `4 d" \. r* j' F) w
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上周六,三姐妹在多丽丝位于北约克郡塞尔比市河岸的家中,和80多名亲朋好友共同庆祝了她们的80岁生日。家人朋友们不仅大吃烤肉野餐,并且还玩了充气弹性城堡,在泳池中畅然游泳。 2 z7 A' {" U8 o3 ?4 {- p
; } T6 a+ X7 g# E2 y 多丽丝说:“当家人们各自玩耍的时候,我们围成一圈坐在一起,那真是一个美好的日子。”(来源:现代快报) t4 C c! n- o3 h1 Q * j. M$ Q; w, e7 S. ?% T ' G/ [3 ?/ A6 WThe oldest identical triplets in the UK celebrate their 80th birthday. 9 K- W3 u" F$ e0 B* KGladys Caress, (left), Alice Holmes (centre) and Doris Kingston1 E- l- J4 [' a6 m e: f
! ?0 ^" I i1 V& c8 K : w6 I0 F. C! I4 GBritain's oldest triplets have celebrated their 80th birthday.+ } J% p# W2 z# P( z
2 {- }' Z; k/ d3 r' CA party for Doris Kingston, Alice Holmes and Gladys Caress was attended by eighty friends and family, reports the Daily Mirror.: M* ^8 p7 T( _& |) D9 `' n T6 g
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The three girls were born within 20 minutes of each other on June 12, 1927 in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire. ! V3 C/ t( W' w: s % J$ u8 X$ g& ITriplets were so rare then that their dad Arnold Rodgers was given a pound note for each girl by King George V. He bought a suit with the cash. C d$ G6 [. P* g5 z! h" P9 H. \! ~9 z) k8 D; R' L
Mum-of-eight Alice told how even her husband Maurice was once caught out because the triplets look so alike. # ^; o) u% c5 U$ ~0 u& g) G% @) m+ j * `/ ~2 g" V# h$ [- C5 H3 q! g2 dShe said: "He was talking to Doris for half-an-hour before realising she wasn't me. 2 H: x3 |% N9 d9 l0 B1 X k6 r5 K7 C" s+ s- {2 U
"And one man got in a bit of a tizz because he saw all three of us with different lads and he thought we were the same girl. He must have thought we were quite brazen."1 [& h) ] O+ R. v" \" e& i* V$ B
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Even their mother Elsie had trouble telling them apart. At the triplets' christening she put different coloured ribbons in their hair to identify them.& W5 Q& P, [0 |* i% @
$ N& M' U) f7 w8 Y0 BWhen the trio were two, the family moved to Leeds where Gladys and Alice still live. The three still meet every Wednesday and Thursday and holiday together at Whitby and Bridlington.3 V: _" K; O* u3 [4 s# U
0 |3 u% j2 @ {They held their 80th party at Doris's home in Selby, North Yorkshire, where entertainment included a bouncy castle.作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-15 08:13
. t; V* d# M' m( D( }# kThe triplets as young babies, separated by just 20 minutes at birth " O" L9 V: X% l' O4 ]$ z6 w ; b; h- k' Q, d3 A& u5 K' v" `1 h+ B c6 Y: h* q0 l+ T5 [ [
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The triplets at 40