Giving Birth

  109-10-25   India's 72 -year-old wife gives birth

  1. Her husband posed for photos for the Indian      press.
     她的先生為印度媒體拍照.
 2. resign   vt 放棄  
     persist  vi堅持      persist in   +v-ing

While most people would have accepted their fate and resigned themselves to a life without children, the couple persisted in their dream for a child.

3. fertility clinic 生育診所
   
 4. conceive   v懷孕,想像,認為     -d   -d
    Not everyone is fit to conceive.
     並非每個人都適合懷孕

     She was unable to conceive a child naturally         and was             offered fertility treatment.
    他無法自然受孕而接受受孕治療

     It is difficult to conceive of traveling to the    moon.  (想                 像)
      conceive   v認為(指在腦中組織好自己的想                        法,          在心中形成系統性的見解)

      We conceive of the family as being in a   constant state of               change.
        我們認為家庭 處於不斷變化之中

     5. visibly  adv明顯地
       frail  adj脆弱的
        refer A to B 將A轉給 B
        clearance  n(u)准許,許可(官方的 )
         
      *  Thai Airways said the plane had been  
          given clearance to land.
          泰國航空說該飛機已經得到降落許可
        battery    n( u)一系列
        
     * We give a battery of tests to each patients.
        我們給每個病人都做了一系列的檢查.

     She looked visibly frail too, so I had to refer   her to a                     cardiologist to get clearance for the  procedure and  for a               batter of other tests.