时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

 


Giving Birth to Twins 


Jerome: Congratulations! I just heard that you’re pregnant with twins. 


Paula: Thanks. We’re very excited, although I’m a little worried about a multiple birth. 


Jerome: I come from a long line of multiple births. My father is an identical twin and he had cousins who are fraternal twins. 


Paula: I see what you mean. 


Jerome: That’s not even the half of it. My maternal 1 grandmother gave birth to triplets and my aunt had quadruplets. 


Paula: Wow, multiple births certainly run in your family. What about your immediate 2 family? 


Jerome: You’re not going to believe this, but my mother had octuplets. I have seven brothers and sisters the same age. 


Paula: And all of you survived? 


Jerome: Yup, every single one of us. We often joke that my mother didn’t have babies. She had a litter! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 maternal
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
2 immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
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accidental torque
adjacent link storage image
air deposited clay
alanine mercury
antimechanized
Antrophyum
argan
automatic shutting-down
banking licence
bayonet shaped needle holder
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c3pa
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central place theory
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cross reacting antibody
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dynamic content
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escape beat
experiency
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Foul Pt.
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hand power press
heat barrier foam
high-beta plasma
immunohaematologist
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limonitization
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mageirics
mainstream-media
matrix difference equation
memorizable
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nonprofit accounting
normethisterone
ocellatus
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pre-discharge
protocarpic tuber
put something out of one's mind
quaternary ionisation
reactive DC voltage drop
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Richton Park
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