印度南部安得拉邦的一名  73  歲婦女經(jīng)體外授精懷孕，生下了一對(duì)雙胞胎女孩。醫(yī)生在  2019  年  9  月  5  日接生了這對(duì)雙胞胎。

The woman and her husband Sitarama Rajarao, who's in his 80s, first tried to have a baby nearly 60 years ago, but were unable to conceive.

雙胞胎的母親和她 80 多歲的丈夫，希塔拉瑪·拉賈羅，早在將近 60 年前就嘗試要孩子，但一直未能懷孕。

IVF treatment using a donor eggfertilised by Mr Rajarao’s sperm worked at the first attempt, resulting in two baby girls who were delivered by Caesarean section. The woman's mother, who's around 100 years old, said the whole family would look after the children.

醫(yī)生通過(guò)體外授精的治療方法，用拉賈羅的精子受精了一個(gè)捐贈(zèng)的卵子，曼加亞瑪·亞拉瑪?shù)俚谝粋€(gè)周期就成功懷孕，最終通過(guò)剖腹產(chǎn)生下了一對(duì)雙胞胎女孩。雙胞胎女孩的外祖母約 100 歲，她說(shuō)全家人都會(huì)來(lái)照看孩子。

India has become a centre for so-called ‘fertility tourism’, with hundreds of unregulated clinics offering IVF relatively cheaply.

印度已成為所謂的 “生育旅游中心”，有成百上千家未受監(jiān)管的診所提供相對(duì)便宜的試管嬰兒服務(wù)。

Both new parents are currently in hospital - Mangayamma Yaramati, recovering from her Caesarean and Sitarama Rajarao from a stroke he suffered the day after the births.

這對(duì)新父母目前都在醫(yī)院接受治療。曼加亞瑪·亞拉瑪?shù)倨矢巩a(chǎn)后在院恢復(fù)，希塔拉瑪·拉賈羅在雙胞胎出生后的第二天中風(fēng)，住院接受治療。

詞匯

conceive 懷孕，受孕
IVF 體外授精，試管內(nèi)授精
donor egg 捐獻(xiàn)的卵子
fertilised 受精
delivered 分娩，出生了
Caesarean section 剖腹產(chǎn)
fertility tourism “生育旅游”
unregulated 未受監(jiān)管的
in hospital 住院
stroke 中風(fēng)

閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. True or false? Both Mangayamma Yaramati and Sitarama Rajarao are in their 80s.

2. When did the couple first try to have a baby?

3. Who would look after the two baby girls, according to Mangayamma Yaramati’s mother?

4. Which word in the text means ‘becoming well again after an illness or injury’?

答案

1. True or false? Both Mangayamma Yaramati and Sitarama Rajarao are in their 80s.
False. Mangayamma Yaramati is 73 years old and Sitarama Rajarao is in his 80s.

2. When did the couple first try to have a baby?
They first tried to have a baby nearly 60 years ago.

3. Who would look after the two baby girls, according to Mangayamma Yaramati’s mother?
According to Mangayamma Yaramati’s mother, the whole family would look after the children.

4. Which word in the text means ‘becoming well again after an illness or injury’?
Recovering.