初中英语lesson 19 conjoined twins英语听力.docVIP

初中英语Lesson 19 Conjoined Twins 英语听力: asf听力文件无病毒，请放心打开 听力理解 Key words: 1. conjoined 联合的，共同的 2. identical（生物）同卵共生的 3. egg 卵子 4. fertilize 受精，受胎 5. fraternal 异卵双生的 6. Children’s Medical Center 儿童医学中心 7. ligament 韧带，系带 8. entwine 编织，使缠绕 Exercises: I. Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard from the report. 1. _______ twins _______ about once out of every _______ births of _______ twins. 2. Medical _______ say _______ and environmental _______ are involved in the _______ of conjoined twins. 3. Conjoined twins may be _______ only by a _______ piece of tissue, or they may be _______ at the _______ or other part of the body. 4. Historically, the _______ rate for conjoined _______ has been between _______ and _______ percent. 5. The book Entwined Lives says _______ have _______ about 200 _______ to _______ conjoined twins. II. Complete the statements with the information you have heard from the report. 1. Some estimates say that one in as many as eighty-thousand of all births _______. 2. Some twins _______ that are fertilized at the same time. These babies are called fraternal twins. 3. Sometimes the _______. This produces twins who are physically linked. 4. Today, most conjoined twins are found during examinations _______. 5. The book says most of the operations resulted in the _______. Conjoined Twins This is Phyis Roberts with the VOA Special English Health Report. Some estimates say that one in as many as eighty-thousand of all births results in two babies joined together. Conjoined twins happen about once out of every 200 births of identical twins. Some twins develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized at the same time. These babies are called fraternal twins. One can be a girl and the other a boy. Other twins develop from a single egg. These are called identical twins. Identical twins result when a fertilized egg divides into two. Sometimes the division begins but is not completed. This produces twins who are p