(单词翻译:单击)
Lack of iron may make a person feel tired and weak.
缺铁可能会使人感到疲倦和虚弱。
His skin may look lighter than normal.
患者的皮肤看起来可能比正常人白。
Or he may have trouble breathing.
或者患者可能呼吸困难。
Lack of iron damages a person’s immune system.
缺铁会损害人的免疫系统。
This is the system inside a person’s body that protects him from sickness.
这是保护人体免受疾病侵袭的体内系统。
Lack of iron can affect the brain too.
缺铁也会影响大脑。
A child who lacks iron in his diet may not have a correctly developed brain.
饮食中缺乏铁的孩子可能大脑发育不正常。
The effects can influence a child through his whole life.
这些影响可能会影响一个孩子的一生。
Anaemia in children and babies is a cause for concern.
儿童和婴儿贫血是令人担忧的问题。
And often treatment can cost a lot of money.
通常情况下，治疗可能会花费很多钱。
It can require special vitamins or medicines, or even surgery on the baby.
这可能需要特殊的维生素或药物，甚至需要给婴儿做手术。
But treatment for anaemia can begin even at the baby’s birth.
但贫血的治疗甚至可以在婴儿出生时就开始了。
There may be a way for a newborn baby to avoid becoming anaemic.
可能有一种方法可以让新生儿避免贫血。
It is low cost.
它的成本很低。
And it is very easy.
而且很容易。
In fact, it is as simple as waiting two minutes.
事实上，它就像等待两分钟一样简单。
During pregnancy, a mother’s body provides everything a new baby will need.
在怀孕期间，母亲的身体提供新生儿所需的一切。
Her blood contains the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, or healthy substances, for her baby.
她的血液含有维生素、矿物质和其他营养物质，或健康物质，来供她的孩子吸收。
The baby receives these substances through a temporary organ called the placenta.
婴儿通过一个叫做胎盘的临时器官接受这些物质。
The placenta surrounds the forming baby.
胎盘包围正在成形的婴儿。
It connects to the wall of the mother’s uterus.
它与母亲的子宫壁相连。
The baby and mother are separated by a very thin membrane - a wall of particular cells.
婴儿和母亲被一层非常薄的膜--一层特殊的细胞壁--隔开。
This membrane has very small holes in it.
这种膜上有非常小的孔。
The holes let the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients through to the placenta.
这些小孔让维生素、矿物质和其他营养物质得以穿过胎盘。
These nutrients are the baby’s food.
这些营养素就是婴儿的食物。
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