地道美語聽力播客575:多胞胎

Congratulations! I just heard that you're pregnant with twins.

恭喜啊，我剛聽說你懷了雙胞胎。

Thanks. We're very excited, although I'm a little worried about a multiple birth.

謝謝，我們都非常興奮，但我有一點擔(dān)心怕是多胞胎。

I come from a long line of multiple births. My father is an identical twin and he had cousins who are fraternal twins.

我們的家族就有生多胞胎的基因，我的父親是同卵雙生，而他的堂兄弟們是異卵雙生的。

I see what you mean.

我懂你的意思了。

That's not even the half of it. My maternal grandmother gave birth to triplets and my aunt had quadruplets.

這還不算什么，我的外婆生了三胞胎，我的姨媽生了四胞胎。

Wow, multiple births certainly run in your family. What about your immediate family?

哇，你們家族真是多胞胎世家啊，那你的直系親屬呢?

You're not going to believe this, but my mother had octuplets. I have seven brothers and sisters the same age.

你肯定不敢相信，我媽媽生了八胞胎。我有七個和我同歲的兄弟姐妹。

And all of you survived?

所有人都好好的活著?

Yup, every single one of us. We often joke that my mother didn't have babies. She had a litter!

是的，我們八個都活的好好的。我們經(jīng)常和媽媽開玩笑說，她沒有生孩子，而是生了一窩小崽子。