Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer.女星安吉麗娜·朱莉摘除了卵巢和輸卵管，以預防器官癌變。

Writing in the New York Times, Jolie said she chose to have the surgery as she carries a gene that gave her a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer.
朱莉在發(fā)表于《紐約時報》的文章中表示，她選擇做這樣的手術是因為她體內(nèi)攜帶的基因使她有五成的幾率罹患卵巢癌。

Two years ago, Jolie, whose mother died from cancer, had a double mastectomy.
朱莉曾在兩年前做了雙側乳房切除術，她的母親就是患癌癥去世的。

"It is not easy to make these decisions," she said. "But it is possible to take control and tackle head-on any health issue."
她寫到：“做出這樣的決定并不輕松，但這樣做能對任何可能發(fā)生的健康問題提前預控和應對。”

In the article, titled Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery, she wrote about the procedure, saying: "It is a less complex surgery than the mastectomy, but its effects are more severe. It puts a woman into forced menopause."
在這篇題為“安吉麗娜·朱莉·皮特：手術日記”的文章中，她寫到了手術過程：“這個手術沒有乳房切除術那么復雜，不過手術的后果要更嚴重。這個手術強迫女性進入停經(jīng)期。”

Jolie, who is also a director and UN envoy, will now take hormone replacements.
身兼導演和聯(lián)合國大使的朱莉現(xiàn)在需服用激素替代品。

Jolie carries a 'faulty' gene, called BRCA1, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
朱莉攜帶的缺陷基因叫做BRCA1，這一基因會大大增加她罹患乳腺癌和卵巢癌的風險。

Her doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer in her lifetime unless she underwent surgery.
她的醫(yī)生預測稱，如果她不實施手術，她罹患乳腺癌的風險將為87%，患卵巢癌的風險為50%。

Vocabulary:

ovary：卵巢

fallopian tube：輸卵管

mastectomy：乳房切除術

menopause：停經(jīng)期，更年期

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Helen）