 Caesarean section: 剖腹產
[ 2006-05-30 08:29 ]
人們說，上帝在5月27日不小心打了個小盹兒，不然，怎能讓東西方娛樂圈里最引人關注的兩個“小公主”在同一天誕生？于是乎，一大幫娛記忙得不亦樂乎，這邊既要關注王菲的第二次生育，那邊又要報道遠在納米比亞的安吉麗娜·茱莉……
對于如此瑣碎的新聞，不管大家感興趣與否，至少它可以幫我們了解一個詞caesarean section（剖腹產）。
請看《中國日報》有關王菲生育的相關報道：With hundreds of paparazzi busy tracking her labor place for weeks, singer and actress Faye Wong finally gave birth to a four-kilogram daughter in a Beijing hospital on May 27.
The 36-year-old had aCaesarean sectionand both the baby and mother are physically fine, according to Faye Wong's agent and close friend Katie Chen.
對于Caesarean，其實大家并不陌生，Caesar——凱撒大帝嘛！怎么跟生孩子掛在一起了？說白了，其實也挺簡單，傳說凱撒大帝為剖腹產所生，所以人們常用Caesarean，或Caesarean birth，或者Caesarean section來形容“剖腹產”。例如：
It was a difficult birth; she had to have a Caesarean. 因為難產, 她必須得做剖腹產手術。
另外，新聞中的labor常用來形容“分娩”，如a difficult labor（難產）；a natural labor（自然分娩）?；蛘撸覀円部捎迷~組in labor來形容“分娩”，如：
His wife is in labor. 她妻子正在分娩。
(英語點津陳蓓編輯）
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