Enola Holmes is the younger sister of the well-known detective Sherlock Holmes. On her 16th birthday, she wakes up and discovers that her mother has disappeared. Enola’s mother raised her to be independent and think for herself. She taught Enola reading, science, and many other studies. When her older brothers, Mycroft and Sherlock, get the news, they decide to send Enola away to a finishing school, a place that teaches young girls to be proper ladies.
艾諾拉．福爾摩斯是知名偵探夏洛克．福爾摩斯的妹妹。在她十六歲生日那天，她醒來時發現母親失蹤了。艾諾拉的母親將她扶養成一位獨立自主又會獨立思考的人。她教艾諾拉讀書、科學和許多其他的學科。當她的哥哥邁克羅夫特及夏洛克得知這個消息，他們決定將艾諾拉送到一間女子精修學校就讀，那是個會教導年輕女孩成為合乎體統的淑女的地方。
生活必備字詞：
disappear vi. 消失，不見
disappearance n. 消失
independent a. 獨立的，自主的
think for oneself 獨立思考
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見八月號。
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