新奇事件簿 73岁女性诞下双胞胎

Is there an age at which it is too old to have a baby? A 73-year-old woman in India has given birth to twins. The woman said that becoming a mother for the first time was "the happiest time" of her life. The mother needed a caesarean section operation to deliver the twins. The mother and her two twin girls are all in good health and the mother is recovering well after the surgery¹. The woman thought she would never be able to have children. She and her husband first tried to have a child fifty years ago. All their attempts were unsuccessful. The woman thought she would be childless forever after her menopause started 25 years ago. She said not having children caused her pain as people called her "the childless lady".

生孩子的最大年龄有限制吗？印度一名73岁的女性产下了双胞胎。这名女性表示第一次做母亲是她一生中“最幸福的时刻”。这位母亲需要做剖腹产手术来生下双胞胎。这位母亲和她的双胞胎女儿都很健康，母亲在手术后恢复得很好。这位女性曾以为自己不能有孩子了。50年前，她和她的丈夫第一次尝试要孩子。他们所有的尝试都未成功。这位女性曾以为，在25年前开始绝经后，她将再也不可能有孩子了。她表示没有孩子让她很痛苦，人们称她为“无子女女士”。

The woman was able to give birth because of the method of IVF. A healthy egg was taken from a younger woman and was fertilized² with her husband's sperm³. The woman then carried the fertilized egg and she became pregnant⁴. She said that when she found out she was having twins, she could not describe her happiness. She said: "This is the happiest time of my life." The new mother's doctors are also happy with their patient. One doctor said: "During the IVF treatment, we had three groups of doctors. One took care of her general health, one took care of her nutritional⁵ status and one took care of her pregnancy⁶." The doctor said she was always in very good hands.

由于采用了试管受精的方法，这名女性得以生育。从一名年轻女子体内取出一枚健康的卵子，然后与她丈夫的精子受精。然后这位女性怀了受精卵，并怀孕了。她表示当她得知自己怀了双胞胎后，她的幸福无法描述。她称：“这是我一生中最幸福的时刻。”这位新妈妈的医生也为他们的患者开心。一名医生称：“在接受试管授精治疗过程中，我们有三组医生。一组照顾她的健康情况，一组照顾她的营养状况，另一组照顾她的妊娠。”这位医生表示她的情况一直很好。

1 surgery   

n.外科，外科手术；手术室

参考例句：

• What time does surgery finish?门诊什么时间结束？
• Your condition is serious and requires surgery.你的情况很严重，需要动外科手术。

2 Fertilized   

v.施肥( fertilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The study of psychology has recently been widely cross-fertilized by new discoveries in genetics. 心理学研究最近从遗传学的新发现中受益匪浅。
• Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar. 花常在蜜蜂采蜜时受粉。

3 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。

4 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。

5 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

6 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。