VOA常速英语:Pregnant Doctor Delivers COVID Care in ICU

While many parents are home with their children during the corona virus pandemic, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria brings hers to work.
当许多父母在冠状病毒大流行期间带着孩子在家时，扎菲雅·安克雷萨里亚医生却带着她的孩子去上班。
Seven months pregnant with a son, she co-directs an intensive care unit or ICU in Los Angeles.
怀着一个儿子七个月的她在洛杉矶的一家重症监护病房(ICU)担任联合主管。
Hes really well behaved in the sense that when Im doing the procedures.
在我做手术的时候，他的表现真的很好。
Hes chilling, doesnt give me any trouble, just lie still.
他很放松，不会给我带来任何麻烦，就只是躺着不动。
That would be really inconvenient if I was doing an intubation,and I suddenly felt a pretty aggressive kick in there.
如果我正在做插管，突然感觉到肚子里面孩子在使劲踢我，那真的很不方便。
Anklesaria says she and her colleagues felt a sense of duty when the pandemic broke out.
安克雷萨里亚说，当疫情爆发时，她和她的同事们感到了一种责任感。
She researched the risks to her baby,and determined that with personal protective equipment or PPE,they would likely both remain healthy.
她研究了这种情况对婴儿会带来的风险，并确定有了个人防护装备，他们两人都可以保持健康。
Her concern now is what happens after birth.
她现在关心的是孩子出生后会发生什么。
Im worried that hes not going to have the ability to develop close relationships with family and friends.
我担心他无法与家人和朋友建立密切的关系。
Because were going to have to keep distance from everybody.
因为我们得和每个人保持距离。
During long days surrounded by patients facing serious health issues,Anklesaria calls decompression a critical part of a routine.
在漫长的白天，周围都是面临严重健康问题的患者，安克雷萨里亚称减压是日常工作的关键部分。
We dont have a lot of time to process feelings around here.
我们没有太多时间来调节情绪。
We speak to families on the phone about their loved ones dying and it is very difficult.
我们在电话中与家人谈论他们所爱的人的死亡，这是非常困难的。
And after that, if I wasnt pregnant, I would have a lot of wine, but I cant do that.
如果我没有怀孕，在那之后我会喝很多酒，但我不能那样做。
Anklesaria says she and her husband havent yet to decide on a name,and despite her friends asking,she will not be naming her child Corona, Corona Lita, or Covid.
安克雷萨里亚说她和她的丈夫还没有给孩子决定好名字，尽管她的朋友们都在问，但是她不会给她的孩子取名为Corona、Corona Lita或Covid。
Arash Arabasadi VOA news Washington
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