托福词汇介绍之代孕妈妈Surrogate Mother

背景介绍：

据香港报纸《东方新地》报道，刘嘉玲和梁朝伟找到一个代孕妈妈来为他们产子。刘嘉玲和梁朝伟听取了了他们的好友吴君如的建议，5月份在美国找到一个代孕妈妈机构来实现他们为人父母的愿望。据传，再过数月，他们孩子就出世了。

According to Hong Kong tabloid, Oriental Sunday Magazine, Carina Lau and Tony Leung found a surrogate mother to carry their baby. Carina and Tony took the advice of their good friend, Sandra Ng, and found a surrogate mother agency in the United States in May to fulfill their wish to become parents. Allegedly, after waiting for another few months, the baby will be arriving!

【单词讲解】

报道中的surrogate mother就是“代孕妈妈”的意思，“surrogate”是表示“代理人；代用品； 代孕者”的含义。接下来，我们学习一下与怀孕有关的英语：Caesarean表示“剖腹产”；natural childbirth或者natural labour表示“顺产”；conceive a baby“怀上孩子”； She is pregnant. (她怀孕了)；She is "expecting". （她在“待产”中。）；She is about to have a "blessed event". （她不久会有“喜事”）