图片新闻【258】联体双胞胎“钱途”不妙

Egyptian conjoined twins, Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim, are seen in this file photo taken on March 6, 2002, in a Cairo hospital. Surgery to separate the conjoined 22-month-old Egyptian twins could be delayed or canceled unless $125,000 is raised to help offset the estimated $2 million cost, a hospital official said. 'One surgery could completely wipe out all the funds of the foundation,' director Sue Blackwood told The Dallas Morning News for Wednesday, April 2, 2003 editiions (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

词汇：

conjoined 结合的； 联在一起的

twin n.双胞胎中一人, 孪生子

surgery n.外科,手术室, 诊疗室

raise vt.升起,提高,筹集

offset vt.弥补, 抵销

wipe out v.消灭, 垮台

foundation n.基金, 基金会