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VOA慢速英语:Angelina Jolie Has Second Surgery to Prevent Cancer

2015-03-27来源:VOA
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mastectomy – n. surgical removal of all or part of the breast and sometimes associated lymph nodes and muscles

mutation – n. a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes physical characteristics that are different from what is normal

option – n. the opportunity or ability to choose something or to choose between two or more things

inherit – v. biology: to get a characteristic, disease, etc., because of the genes that you get from your parents when you are born

menopause – n. the time in a woman's life when blood stops flowing from her body each month