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《中英對照讀新聞》Egypt 'Two-Head' Baby Breathing Without Ventilator 埃及雙頭嬰能自行呼吸了
An Egyptian baby which underwent surgery last month to remove the head of an underdeveloped twin was breathing without a ventilator for the first time since the operation, one of her doctors said.
一名埃及女嬰上月接受手術，移除一名發育不全的孿生子頭部，自動手術以來，她首度不靠人工呼系器呼吸，一名她的醫師如是表示。
Manar Maged, who is now 11 months old, was born with craniopagus parasiticus, a very rare condition, which left her attached by the skull to the head of her underdeveloped twin. The twin could blink and smile but was not capable of independent life.
瑪娜•瑪吉德，目前十一個月大，生下來就罹患「頭顱連胎症」，這是一種相當罕見的異常狀況，使她的顱骨與發育不健全的孿生子頭部相連。這個孿生子會眨眼、微笑，但無法獨立存活。
"Manar is now in a stable condition and is doing great without the ventilator," said Abla el-Alfy, a consultant in paediatric intensive care at the Benha Children's Hospital north of Cairo.
「瑪娜目前狀況穩定，在不用人工呼系器的情況下復元情況相當好，」開羅北方的本哈兒童醫院小兒科加護中心的顧問雅柏拉．艾菲說。
Dictionary-新聞辭典
twin：名詞，在本文中意為「雙胞胎之一」。twin也可作形容詞，twin brothers是「孿生兄弟」，a twin sister指的是「孿生姊妹中的一個」。
be born with：與生具有。例如形容一個人出身豪門世家，可以說：He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.（他啣著銀湯匙出生。）
paediatric：同pediatric，醫學形容詞，小兒科的。小兒科醫師為pediatrist。
intensive care unit：直譯為「密集照料單位」，也就是加護病房，簡稱為ICU。
rumor：名詞，指謠言、傳聞。例句：Various rumors about him are going around.（到處流傳著有關他的流言蜚語。）亦可當動詞用，指據說、謠傳，常用被動語態。例句：He is rumored to have escaped.（據說他已脫逃。）
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