All baby name bets were off with Tuesday's arrival of Britney Spears' second child--a boy, not a girl.



Spears may or may not have been caught off guard(1) by the baby's gender, but the celebrity-watching world(2) sure was.



Reports leading up to(3) the pop singer's labor day declared she was expecting a daughter to be named Jailynn--a tribute(4) to her father, Jamie, her mother, Lynne, and her sister, Jamie Lynn, and the presumed palatable(5) alternative(6) to JamieLynneJamieLynn.



Fully 75-80 percent of the entries for CelebrityBabyNamesBlog.com's "What Will Britney Spears Name Her New Baby?" contest through Tuesday were fit for girls, editor Neil Street said.



But a 6-pound, 11-ounce boy was welcomed by Spears and her family 2 a.m. Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.



The 24-year-old entertainer was scheduled(7) to undergo a Cesarean section(8) at Cedars this Saturday, but took an unscheduled trip there after experiencing discomfort Monday evening.



Spears' and Federline's newborn is their second child together. Elder son Sean Preston turns one on Thursday.

There was no word yet from the couple's camp as to the newcomer's name.



However, the editor Street didn't think Spears would go the way of magician Penn Jillette, father of Moxie(9) Crimefighter and Zolten.



Street believed Britney, being the American icon(10), would go for(11) "a good, solid, traditional name".



"I think she should name him Barney after her (maternal) grandfather(12)," Street said. "I think that would be great."



所有关于孩子名字的打赌都随着周二布兰妮.斯皮尔斯生下第二个孩子而告终 她生的是一个男孩而不是女孩。



对孩子的性别，"小甜甜"斯皮尔斯可能惊讶也可能不惊讶。但这一结果肯定让狗仔队大跌眼镜。



在这位流行歌星生产之前的所有新闻报道都宣称她一直期待一个女孩并准备取名为杰玲（Jailynn） 以表达她对自己的父母双亲Jamie和Lynne以及姐妹Jamie Lynn的敬意。据推测杰玲是JamieLynneJamieLynn的完美缩写。



"名人之子姓名博客网站"组织了名为"布兰妮.斯皮尔斯将会给新生儿取个什么名字？"的竞赛。周二一整天里，有75%到80%的参赛答案所提供的名字都适合女孩，网站编辑尼尔.斯垂特说。



但是周二早上两点斯皮尔斯一家在洛杉矶一家医院里迎来了一个体重6镑11盎司的男婴。



24岁的"小甜甜"原本计划于本周六在该医院接受剖腹产手术。但是在周一晚上出现不适后临时赶往医院。



这是"小甜甜"和丈夫费德林的第二个孩子。他们的大大儿子肖恩普雷斯顿周四满一岁。

孩子的父母尚未透露新生儿的名字。



但是"名人之子姓名博客网站"编辑斯垂特说他不认为"小甜甜"会仿效魔术师Penn Jillette。这位父亲给孩子取名叫"与罪犯斗争者之勇气"和"佐婷" (电影"吸血鬼"中狗的名字)。



斯垂特认为作为美国偶像的"小甜甜"布兰妮将会选一个"好听，可靠并且传统的名字"。



"我觉得她应该以她外公的名字命名孩子叫巴尼，" 斯垂特说。"我觉得这个名字很好。"



中国国际广播电台 译



1. be caught off guard = be surprised 感到惊讶



2. celebrity-watching world 关注名人的世界, 狗仔队



3. lead up to 作为...的准备



4. tribute 颂词,贡品



5. palatable 美味的



6. alternative 可供选择的办法



7. scheduled 预定的



8. a Cesarean section 剖腹产手术



9. moxie 勇气



10. icon 图标,偶像



11. go for 主张，拥护



12. maternal grandfather 外公

maternal 母亲的

最后由 sindy999 于 2006-09-16 21:55 编辑


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