His parents had always made it clear to him that he was adopted; indeed,how else to explain pale skin,flaxen hair and blue eyes in a family of dark-haired olive-skinned descendants of southern Italians?

• 他的父母老早就告诉他是个领养的孩子，是啊，要不然怎么解释一个黑头发、棕色皮肤的南部意大利人后裔的家庭会有一个白皮肤、黄头发、蓝眼睛的孩子呢?