《中英對照讀新聞》50歲男子被告知自己懷孕 50-year-old man told he is pregnant

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A 50-year-old man from Birmingham has been sent a letter inviting him to attend a scan to assess the progress of his pregnancy.

有人寄信給一名來自伯明罕的50歲男子，邀請他參加掃描，以評估懷孕的進展。

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Hilton Plettell was asked to visit Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Hospital to find out how long pregnant he was, Sky News reports.

希爾頓．普雷泰被要求前往諾福克暨諾維奇大學健保特約醫院，以找出他的懷孕期，「天空新聞網」報導說。

The merchandising manager was told to arrive at the hospital for the ultrasound scan with a full bladder and advised that "sometimes it can show twins".

這位採購經理被告知，在膀胱漲尿的情況下，到醫院做超音波掃描，而且還被建議「有時可照出雙胞胎」。

Plettell said："I was absolutely flabbergasted. It just came out of the blue. I have seen the funny side of it and all my mates are enjoying ribbing me about it.

普雷泰說：「我完全愣住了。這真是太突然了。我是從好笑的角度來看待此事，而我的所有朋友們都喜歡拿這件事開我玩笑。」

"The letter had my correct name, date of birth and National Insurance number so I knew it was genuine and it turns out to be a genuine mistake."

「這封信有我的正確姓名、出生日期與國家保險號碼，所以我知道這是無心的，而且最後也證明是無心之過。」