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No. 162

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Medical Story Show

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Very bitter.

真是苦涩啊

Hey. Good morning.

早上好啊

Good news on your E.E.G. Treatment is working.

脑电图显示正常 治疗有效果了

And your immune system is responding.

免疫系统也有反应了

I know it's early, but I just want to take a look.

虽然早了点 还是让我看一下

All right.Let's see what that brain of yours can do.

好啦 现在看看脑子还灵不灵

Name as many animals as you can that start with the letter "O."

o开头的动物 有多少说多少

Ostrich.

鸵鸟

Ox.

公牛

Old elephant.

老象

Well, that's too better than last time.

比上次好多了

How you doing with the whole adoption thing?

关于领养的事 你还好吧

I knew since fifth grade.

我五年级的时候就知道了

How's that?

你怎么知道

Cleft chin.

颏裂

I have one. My dad doesn't.

我有 但是爸爸没有

Looked it up on the Internet. It's one of those trait things.

上网查了一下 颏裂是显性遗传

That's right. It's autosomal dominant.

是啊 常染色体显性遗传

Since neither of your parents have cleft chins

因为你的父母都没有颏裂

it's highly unlikely you're biologically related.

所以你很可能不是他们亲生的

Are you sure you're okay?

你没事吧

I've got no problems with being adopted.

只是领养罢了 我没事

I love my parents.

我爱他们

How's he doing?

他怎么样了

He's doing pretty well.

相当不错

He's a smart kid.

他是个聪明的孩子

I think he's gonna be fine.

他会好起来的

Thanks.

谢谢

Wheels, 18. Wheels.

背后球 18 号 打背后

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1. ostrich [ˈɑːstrɪtʃ] n. 鸵鸟；逃避现实的人，不愿正视现实者2. adoption [əˈdɑːpʃn] n.(想法、计划、名字等的)采用;收养;领养;(候选人的)选定，推选，推举3. cleft chin [kleft tʃɪn] 颏裂（指下巴的裂缝，有凹陷的下巴）4. look up 仰望；查阅；尊敬；拜访；改善5. trait [treɪt] n. （人的个性的）特征，特点；遗传特征；一点，少许6. autosomal [ˌɔtəˈsoməl] adj. 常染色体的；正染色体的7. dominant [ˈdɑːmɪnənt] adj. 占支配地位的，占优势的；（基因）显性的；n. 显性（性状），显性基因

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