ESL Podcast 207 – Giving Birth in a Hospital
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
It was 2 o’clock in the morning when my wife woke me up. She is eight-and-a-half months pregnant and she told me that her water had broken. She said that she was having contractions 1 and she was sure that she was in labor 2. I paged our doctor and drove to the hospital.
When we arrived, we went straight to the maternity 3 ward 4. I went to the reception desk, and told the clerk that my wife was in labor and needed to be admitted right away. The nurse asked me for my insurance card and gave me three forms to fill out. She said that someone would take my wife into the birthing suite 5 soon.
The doctor arrived and she examined my wife. She told us that this wasn’t false labor and that my wife was pretty far along. After a lot of pushing, the baby came out head first, not breech, and it was healthy.
I was so relieved I couldn’t stop hugging my wife. Then, I hugged the doctor, and the nurse, and the janitor 6!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing. 缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Muscle contractions are powered by the chemical adenosine triphosphate(ATP ). 肌肉收缩是由化学物质三磷酸腺苷(ATP)提供动力的。 来自辞典例句
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
- Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。
- The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
- During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。
- She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
- That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。