VOA常速英语2008年-Some Premature Babies Face Lifelong Health Prob

By Carol Pearson
Washington
26 March 2008
 

Pre-term or premature birth is one of the leading causes of infant death in the developed world. A new study shows that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation¹ not only have lower survival rates, but they face more health complications into adulthood².  VOA's Carol Pearson has more.

1 gestation   

n.怀孕；酝酿

参考例句：

• The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.妊娠期从95天至150天不等。
• This film was two years in gestation.这部电影酝酿了两年。

2 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。