地道美语听力练习:多胞胎

Congratulations! I just heard that you're pregnant with twins.
恭喜！我刚听说你怀上了双胞胎。

Thanks. We're very excited, although I'm a little worried about a multiple birth.
谢谢。我们兴奋极了，尽管我还是有点担心一胞多胎。

I come from a long line of multiple births. My father is an identical twin and he had cousins who are fraternal twins.
我们家族就有生多胞胎的基因。我爸爸是同卵双胞胎，他有个堂弟是异卵双胞胎。

I see what you mean.
我懂你的意思。

That's not even the half of it. My maternal grandmother gave birth to triplets and my aunt had quadruplets.
这还不算什么。我的外婆生了三胞胎，我的姨妈生了四胞胎。

Wow, multiple births certainly run in your family. What about your immediate family?
哇，你们真是多胞胎世家啊。那你的直系亲属呢？

You're not going to believe this, but my mother had octuplets. I have seven brothers and sisters the same age.
不管你信不信，我妈妈生了八胞胎。我有七个和我一样大的兄弟姐妹。

And all of you survived?
所有人都活着？

Yup, every single one of us. We often joke that my mother didn't have babies. She had a litter!
是呀，每个人都活的好好的。我们经常开玩笑说妈妈生的不是小孩，而是一窝小崽子。