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SARA: It's hard to imagine now...
现在很难想象
but there was a time before all this happened...
但曾几何时
when the kids were iust kids. and everyone was happy.
孩子仅仅是孩子，每个人都很快乐
SARA: Hi. baby.
嗨，宝贝
Where's your sister? - Sleeping.
你姐姐呢 - 睡觉
l tried poking her and everything.
我拿东西戳她，试了所有的办法
SARA: Hey. Katie-Cat.
嘿，Katie宝贝
Good morning. sweetie. Are you awake?
早安，甜心，你醒了吗？
How you doing?
你在干什么？
Rise and shine.
起来晒太阳啦
SARA: Anemia. right?
是贫血吗？
Kids her age don't get mono. do they? WAYNE: Could be a virus.
这么大的孩子不会得单核细胞增多症，是吧？ - 可能是病毒
l'll have to draw some blood and run a few tests.
我要抽血做些测试
Kate's white cell count's much lower than normal.
Kate的白细胞数比正常的低很多
What's that mean? - l don't know.
什么意思？ - 我也不清楚
She may have an autoimmune deficiency.
她可能是自身免疫性缺陷
Could just be a lab error.
也有可能仅仅是实验事故
SARA: Oncology?
肿瘤科？
But that's cancer.
那是癌症啊

妙语佳句

1.deficiency
n. 缺陷，缺点；缺乏；不足的数额
Have you ever known anyone with a protein deficiency?
你听说过谁患了蛋白质缺乏症吗？

2.oncology
n. [肿瘤] 肿瘤学
But many of them are now going into subspecialties of internal medicine, like cardiology and oncology.
但是现在。 他们有很多人进入内科附属专业，如心脏病学和肿瘤学。

剧情百科

作为一名年轻妈妈的莎拉来说，年幼的孩子凯特会患上癌症的是一种无法想象的灾难……

考考你 Q&A
Please fill in the blanks with the proper words

1.If you start thinking smarter, you can ______ ______ the weather changes.
如果你开始更明智地思考，你可以适应气候变化。

2.That was ______ ______ ______! That bus almost hit our car!
刚才真惊险！那辆公车差点就撞上我们的车！

本期答案见下期

上期答案：

1.She said admissions officers take pains to check English ability through e-mail exchanges.
她说，招生官员花费了大量的经历通过电子邮件检查英语能力。

2.Although businesses fail for a multitude of reasons, the underlying issues are surprisingly common.
虽然公司的失败会有众多原因，不过其根本问题却惊人的相似。