Her mother, herself a lilting mezzo, insisted that the Voice should never be stretched or overtaxed.

她的母亲是一位女中音，一直坚持认为声音不能负荷过度。

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I later learned that it's an old obstetric trick to threaten the mother of twins with a C-section in order to get her to push out the second baby, but Dr. Gold insisted he wasn't playing that game.

之后我才知道这只是手术中的老把戏，用剖腹产来吓唬双胞胎产妇以使她用力产出第二个孩子，金博士坚持说这次可没玩把戏。

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I later learned that it's an old obstetric trick to threaten the mother oftwins with a C-section in order to get her to push out the second baby, but Dr. Gold insisted he wasn't playing that game.

我后来才知道这是个妇产科的技巧，通过吓唬双胞胎妈妈要进行剖腹产来让她使劲生出第二个宝宝，但Gold 医生坚持说他并没有玩这个把戏。

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Her daughter, Wani Thelusmon Coriolan, said in Haiti children bear only their father's surname, but her mother insisted on keeping her maiden name and making sure her two children shared it, too.

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While her mother insisted that Jessica's age was not a factor in the crash, aviation experts question whether children should be allowed to fly planes, even under the close supervision of a flight instructor.

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Mrs Beesley insisted her mother was upset and angry at the prospect and "obviously didn't want to take the points".

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