壹苹派生活美语　蕾拉与蓝狐

　　Leila and the Blue Fox takes readers on two journeys. One follows 12-year-old Leila as she travels from the UK to visit her mother, a climate scientist working in Norway. The other tracks an Arctic fox named Miso, who is driven by her instincts to take a journey into the unknown. Leila hasn’t seen her mother since her family left war-torn Syria six years ago. She believes that her mother loves her job more than her. As a result, they face an emotional struggle to solve the conflict between them.

　　《蕾拉和蓝狐》带领读者踏上两趟旅程。其中一趟讲述十二岁的蕾拉从英国出发去探望她的母亲，其是一位在挪威工作的气候学家。另一趟追踪一只名叫米索的北极狐，她在本能的驱使下踏上了未知的旅程。自从六年前全家离开饱受战争蹂躏的叙利亚，蕾拉就再也没有见过她的母亲。她认为她的母亲比起她更热爱她的工作。因此，她们面临著解决彼此冲突的情感纷争。

生活必备字词：

track　vt. 追踪

tracker　n. 追踪器

be driven by...　　由……所驱使

emotional　a. 情感上的

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