破解“生男魔咒”：英国家族二百年首次迎来女性后代
<p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="Myla">Myla</span> <span word="Lawrie">Lawrie</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="veritable">veritable</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pink">pink</span> <span word="greeted">greeted</span> <span word="her">her</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="clouds">clouds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="balloons">balloons</span> <span word="filling">filling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="room">room</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cards">cards</span>, <span word="bunting">bunting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ribbons">ribbons</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="shade">shade</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="girliness">girliness</span>.</p><p>四个月前，小麦拉·劳里(<span word="Myla">Myla</span> <span word="Lawrie">Lawrie</span>)从医院被抱回家时，迎接她的是一片粉红色的“海洋”——起居室内飘满粉红色的气球，点缀着粉粉的卡片、幔幕和缎带，到处洋溢着粉嫩女孩的气息。</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lawrie">Lawrie</span> <span word="family">family</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="Myla">Myla</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="October">October</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1809.</p><p>对劳里家族而言，这是一件特别的大事件。小麦拉出生在十月，她是1809年以来劳里家族降生的第一个女孩。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="midwife">midwife</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> "<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>", <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Napoleonic">Napoleonic</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="fought">fought</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="motorcar">motorcar</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="invented">invented</span>, <span word="and">and</span> "<span word="mad">mad</span>" <span word="King">King</span> <span word="George">George</span> <span word="III">III</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="throne">throne</span>.</p><p>上一次产婆宣布“生了个女孩”的时候，还是拿破仑战争时期，那时候人们还没发明汽车，“疯癫的”君主乔治三世还在位统治英国。</p><p><span word="No">No</span> <span word="wonder">wonder</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="proud">proud</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> — <span word="Hannah">Hannah</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 26-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="midwife">midwife</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mark">Mark</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 33-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="golfer">golfer</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="coach">coach</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Maidstone">Maidstone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kent">Kent</span> — <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span>.</p><p>有了这些理由，小麦拉的双亲如此引以为傲，也就不足为奇了。她的母亲是24岁的助产士汉娜，父亲名叫马克，是一名职业高尔夫球员，两人都来自英国肯特州的梅德斯通。如今，他们想为这个新生命的到来庆祝一番。</p>
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