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A new mobile phone available through Japan's NTT DoCoMo can ring to let would-be mothers know when they reach the most fertile part of their monthly reproductive cycles.
日本NTT DoCoMo公司近日向市场推出了一款具备特殊功能的新型手机，它可以为打算做母亲的女性们在进入生理周期中的最佳受孕阶段时，以打电话的方式对她们做出及时提醒。
By tapping in data on menstruation dates, the user can programme the phone to alert her three days before ovulation and again on the day. The company warns that the calculations are based on average cycles.
输入与月经周期有关的各种数据后，该手机的使用者可以通过编程的方式命令其在排卵日到来之前3天时以及排卵当天对自己做出提醒。该公司还特地警告说，这种计算结果是基于正常的月经周期而得出的。
The new phone comes after Japan's fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime -- fell to an all-time low of 1.25 in 2005, sparking worries about a shrinking population.
日本女性的生育率（指一名妇女在其一生中所生育孩子的数量）在2005年时降至1.25，创下了有统计数字以来的最低点，并进一步引发了日本社会对本国人口数量日益萎缩的巨大担忧，而此款新型手机也正是在这一特定背景下应运而生的。
The handset provides several other functions designed to appeal to women, such as a recipe database and a button on the side that sets off a "camouflage melody", allowing the user to avoid unwanted attention by pretending to receive a call.
为进一步讨好潜在的女性用户，这款手机还专门附带了其他几项特殊功能，比如一个满是菜谱的数据库，此外还有一个能够让手机发出“用于伪装的悦耳音乐”的按键，此举能让使用者通过假装正在接电话的方式来避开来自他人的不必要的关怀。 |
