神奇的父母

Katie Couric: For nearly 3 years, Matt and Christine Roe¹ saw double with their identical twin daughters, and when doctors told them Christine was pregnant² again, and this time with triplets, they simply couldn't believe it. And for good reason the odds³ of that happening are about 1 in 15 million. All 7 members of the Roe family join us now from their home in Eau claire Wisconsin, Christine, Matt, Alexandra, Hailey, Jacob, Tylor, and Nicolas. Good morning to all of you.

Christine & Matt: Morning.

Katie Couric: So, Christine, I mean you must, must have been pretty surprised when you got the news that you were carrying triplets after already having identical twins at home. What was your reaction?

Christine: It was just that complete shock. I think, my husband says having the twins were a little more shocking than having the triplets, being first time parents with the girls, but still, working on three boys is a lot of work.

Katie Couric: Now, so good, your daughters are identical twins, and your sons are identical triplets, is that right?

Christine: Yeah!

Katie Couric: So that is a 1 in 15 million chance of that happening. I understand Matt, that you are pushing for quadruplets when you found out they were triplets.

Matt: They said it's gonna be three. It might as well be four. It won't change anything.

Katie Couric: What is it that Matt and Christine then to go from having 2 kids to having 5 kids in one fell swoop⁴, how tough has it been to tell your girls apart Alexandra and Hailey?

Matt: Ah, that's been fairly easy for us, cause ALex's always been a little bit heavier than Hailey.

Katie Couric: Are you gonna give her a complex, Matt?

Matt: I don't think she minds.

Katie Couric: Meanwhile what about

Christine: With the boys though, we haven't found anything yet with the boys that we can really tell them apart with yet, so mark on the bottom of the foot from now.

Katie Couric: Really? Is that what you are doing, really?

Christine: Yeah. we got initials⁶, each initial⁵ on the bottom of their foot with the shopping markers so..

Katie Couric: Can we see it? Can you show us one of their feet right now?

Christine: I could probably get Jocabson.

Matt: Ok.

Katie Couric: That is a very good idea to put sharpy because it doesn't come off when you give them a bath, right, it takes a while.

Matt: Yeah!Takes a little bit.

Christine: Yeah, it can take a couple of days,

Katie Couric: And they're 6 weeks old now, right?

Matt: Yeah.

Katie Couric: How much did they weight when they were born Matt, as Christine undoes⁷ the little one Zee?

Matt: They were about 3 and a half pounds.

Katie Couric: Wow! Any health problems?

Christine: Here is a little J.

Katie Couric: That's so cute. That's very smart.

Matt: Ah, no, they're doing very well.

Katie Couric: Now how are they sleeping?

Matt: They're up about every 2 to 3 hours.

Christine: Been eating good.

Katie Couric: Well, it's... that's great, well you have an adorable family, and the girls are certainly well behaved and maybe they are just exhausted⁸ to be up at this hour,

Christine: They got snacks!

Katie Couric: You know, what do you think? Do you think maybe the next time, next time around Christine you can have identical quadruplets?

Christine&Matt: Not next time. Oh! God!

Katie Couric: By the way, Jayvy Levins who is our audio person remarked about how amazing Christine, you look after having these 3 babies only 6 weeks ago.

Christine: Thank you.

Katie Couric: So, well, congratulations on your new family, we are very very happy for you, and thanks for talking with us this morning what's ALex or, who is that? ALex or Hailey with her back to us.

Christine: That's ALex.

Matt: Yeah.

Christine: She says she has right snack.

Katie Couric: Oh, good, good, again congratulations, thanks for talking with us.

Christine: Thank you so much.

Matt: Thank you.

1 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

2 pregnant   

adj.怀孕的，怀胎的

参考例句：

• She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
• She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

4 swoop   

n.俯冲，攫取；v.抓取，突然袭击

参考例句：

• The plane made a swoop over the city.那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来。
• We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there.我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。

5 initial   

adj.最初的，开始的，词首的；n.首字母，姓名的开头字母；vt.标注姓名的首字母于

参考例句：

• After she'd overcome her initial shyness,she became very friendly.她克服了起初的羞怯之后，变得十分友善。
• The experiments have given initial results eventually.那些试验总算初见成效了。

6 initials   

n.首字母，姓名

参考例句：

• a glass tankard with his initials etched on it 刻有他姓名首字母的玻璃大酒杯
• All the towels were personalized with their initials. 所有毛巾上都标有物主姓名的首字母。

7 undoes   

松开( undo的第三人称单数 )； 解开； 毁灭； 败坏

参考例句：

• Undoes the last action or a sequence of actions, which are displayed in the Undo list. 撤消上一个操作或者一系列操作，这些操作显示在“撤消”列表中。

8 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。