Our first three babies, all girls, each weighed about seven pounds at birth. When my fourth arrived, he was much larger. The reading came from a nurse, who seemed impressed as she read, “Weight, nine pounds, eight ounces.” My husband, a CPA in corporate finance who had been quiet up until this point, could contain himself no longer. “How about that!” he exclaimed happily. “It's thirty-six percent more baby!”
我們的前三個孩子都是女孩,生下來的時候都是差不多七磅。第四個是個男孩,他就大得多了。一個護士在稱體重:“九磅八盎司?!彼磥韺@個讀數(shù)印象深刻。我丈夫是一個公司財務(wù)部的專業(yè)會計師。他一直沒有開口,直到這時候他忍不住高興地大聲說:“這么說吧,這是個重了36%的嬰兒?!?