55. Life after Death p.376

 

　　A 34-year-old married man who died recently had no children. When he died, his wife was not pregnant,either. But now that he's dead, he has a chance of becoming a father. How's that possible?
After a man dies, his sperm¹ remains² alive for some time. In this case, the woman asked doctors to removethe sperm from her husband's body and store it in a sperm bank. Now, she can have the baby that she haswanted for a long time. She says it's as if her husband would come back to life again when the child is born.
If that is so, wouldn't that make her husband her son?

 

spinster 老处女(不雅)
She is married to sb.   不用married with    或说：She married sb.  Mary and I got married.
be thoughtful of sb 体谅
She is expecting(or pregnant).怀孕了
When is your baby due? 什么时候出生？due 到期         When is your check due?
one egg or one sperm     通常复数sperms      testicle(s) 睾丸    wonb 子宫
remain/be/keep   alive      alive不能用在名词前
image bank   sperm bank
Don't spoil your image here. 损害形象
The food has spoiled.   The food has gotten bad.
The boy seemed to have drownd, but later he came bach to life. 苏醒过来
Now that 既然, 引导现在时或现在完成时
When you study english, you must be very dilegent.  dilegent(重音第一音节)
 

1 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。