英语悠选脱口秀 第39期:冻卵生娃 晚育福音

 　　讲解:

　　Today's key word is Egg.

　　Egg 卵子

　　Here, an egg is a cell that is produced in the bodies of female animals and humans. If it is fertilized¹ by a sperm², a baby develops from it.

　　当一个卵子遇到一个精子，就诞生了一个小宝贝。

　　When sperm meets egg — made by Nucleus³ Medical Media

　　Let’s learn the word in the news.

　　There has been a spurt⁴ in the number of women seeking advice on egg freezing ever since a 41-year-old Chinese film actress and director Xu Jinglei said that she had stored nine eggs in the United States so that she can have a child in the future.

　　In the Chinese mainland, while sperm banks are legal, egg banks are not.

　　讨论:

　　很少分享私人生活的徐静蕾在近期一次采访中主动自曝，自己在39岁时到美国进行了冷冻卵子的手术。

　　她希望自己的经历能够为更多的女性提供一个参考，让大家看到更多选择的机会，未雨绸缪，把人生更牢固地把握在自己手中。

　　取出的卵子将在零下196度的低温液氮中的冬眠，并等待有一天被唤醒。

　　你的看法呢？Do you want to try this?

1 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。

2 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。

3 nucleus   

n.核，核心，原子核

参考例句：

• These young people formed the nucleus of the club.这些年轻人成了俱乐部的核心。
• These councils would form the nucleus of a future regime.这些委员会将成为一个未来政权的核心。

4 spurt   

v.喷出；突然进发；突然兴隆

参考例句：

• He put in a spurt at the beginning of the eighth lap.他进入第八圈时便开始冲刺。
• After a silence, Molly let her anger spurt out.沉默了一会儿，莫莉的怒气便迸发了出来。