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Trans Influencer’s Pregnancy Makes Waves

變性網紅懷孕惹風波

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Trans Influencer’s Pregnancy Makes Waves
非法子宮移植手術
The 28-year-old transgender influencer Chiang Chia-wen, who also goes by the handle “Wang Yao,” has sparked heated controversy after she posted a sonogram, claiming that she is expecting a baby.
別名「罔腰」的28歲變性網紅江嘉文曬出產檢超音波照並宣稱有孕在身,引來網友熱議。
go by...=別名為...heated(adj.)溫熱的;激烈的controversy(n.)爭議;爭論sonogram(n.)產檢超音波照claim(v.)宣稱;聲稱expect(v.)期待;有孕在身=be pregnant
However, Chiang’s pregnancy has raised doubts about how a trans female can get pregnant without a uterus.
然而,江嘉文有孕的消息一出即引來網友質疑跨性別女性沒有子宮怎麼能懷孕。
doubt(v.)(n.)懷疑;質疑Everyone has doubts about whether the plan could work.raise doubts about sth.=引起對某事的懷疑uterus(n.)子宮=womb
Some netizens suspected that Chiang used her sister’s sonogram posted in 2018.
網友懷疑江嘉文冒用在2018年發的產檢超音波照。
suspect(v.)懷疑
To prove it, she showed her maternal health handbook and parking ID card for expectant mothers on her Instagram, but it is not convincing enough since the handbook is an older version.
為了打破外界質疑,江嘉文在IG秀出孕婦健康手冊與孕婦版停車位識別證,但因為是較舊的版本的而缺乏說服力。
prove(v.)證明expectant(adj.)期待的;懷孕的;將為人父母的convincing(adj.)有說服力的version(n.)版本the latest version=最新版本
Chiang later posted a story, showing that she was bleeding.
江嘉文後來發了限時動態,表示自己流血了。
bleed(v.)流血
Director of Jun-An Maternal and Pediatric Hospital Alexander Lin said that Chiang is just trying to give herself an out, even though it is possible to experience bleeding during pregnancy and for it to end in a miscarriage.
鈞安婦幼聯合醫院院長林克臻表示,雖然懷孕期間本就可能流血最終流產,但江嘉文只是試圖給自己找個台階下。
give sb. an out=給某人台階下If you know it is so hard for her to apologize, why don’t you give her an out?miscarriage(n.)流產
It is said that Chiang had undergone a high-risk experiment which makes it possible for her to have a baby.
據說,江嘉文進行了高風險的人體試驗,讓她得以懷上孩子。
It is said that...=據說...It is said that they are having an affair.It is believed that...=據信...undergo(v.)經歷experiment(n.)實驗;試驗make it possible for sb. to RV=讓某人得以做某事
Department of Medical Affairs Director-General Liu Yueh-ping said that no hospital in Taiwan has been approved to conduct uterus transplants, adding that only one hospital has applied for its license and the application is under review.
醫事司司長劉越萍則表示,台灣目前沒有醫院獲准進行子宮移植,並補充說國內僅一家醫院申請了許可執照,且尚處於書審階段。
approve(v.)核准;許可conduct(v.)實施;進行transplant(v.)(n.)移植a heart transplanta kidney transplantapply(v.)申請be under sth.=處於某狀態be under developmentbe under construction
The department will investigate whether any hospitals in Taiwan have conducted the procedures illegally.
當局將調查國內是否有醫院進行非法子宮移植手術。
investigate(v.)調查=look intoprocedure(n.)程序;手術illegally(adv.)非法地legal(adj.)合法的

📚 重點單字片語

transgender(adj.)
跨性別的=trans
Transgender people identify themselves differently from their gender assigned at birth.
pregnancy(n.)
身孕
pregnant(adj.)
懷孕的
make waves=
興風作浪;挑起事端
go by...=
別名為...
heated(adj.)
溫熱的;激烈的
controversy(n.)
爭議;爭論
sonogram(n.)
產檢超音波照
claim(v.)
宣稱;聲稱
expect(v.)
期待;有孕在身=be pregnant
doubt(v.)(n.)
懷疑;質疑
Everyone has doubts about whether the plan could work.
raise doubts about sth.=
引起對某事的懷疑
uterus(n.)
子宮=womb
suspect(v.)
懷疑
prove(v.)
證明
expectant(adj.)
期待的;懷孕的;將為人父母的
convincing(adj.)
有說服力的
version(n.)
版本
the latest version=
最新版本
bleed(v.)
流血
give sb. an out=
給某人台階下
If you know it is so hard for her to apologize, why don’t you give her an out?
miscarriage(n.)
流產
It is said that...=
據說...
It is said that they are having an affair.
It is believed that...=
據信...
undergo(v.)
經歷
experiment(n.)
實驗;試驗
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