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1、智课网TOEFL备考资料全球最大精子银行生意火爆一托福阅读机经背景Businessisboomingfortheworld'sbiggestspermbank,Denmark'sCryos,whichisstrugglingtomeetdemanddespiteasoaringnumberofdonorsandnewofficesopeningaroundtheworld.AtCryosheadquartersinDenmark'ssecond-biggestcityAarhus,chiefexecutiveOleSchousmilesb
2、roadly,sittingathisdeskadornedwithpicturesofcheerfulbabiesashespeaksofthecompany'sunexpectedsuccess.Twoyearsago,hewasreadytoshutdownthebusiness,oratleastmoveitabroad,becauseofaDanishtaxauthorityproposalthatwouldhaverequireddonorstodeclareincomefromtheirdonations,therebypu
3、ttingtheiranonymityatrisk.ButwhenitbecameclearthatthiswouldsoundthedeathknellforCryos,taxauthoritieswithdrewtheproposal.Ayearlater,in2008,thenumberofdonorshadgrownthreefold,from30adayto100atitsfourDanishofficesinAarhus,Copenhagen,OdenseandAalborg,whilethenumberofmenapplyi
4、ngtobedonorshadrisenfrom350toaround1,000.Eachyear,Cryosexports85percentofits15,000to20,000spermdonationstomorethan400clinicsin60countries.Butdespitetherisingnumberofdonors,Cryoshasahardtimemeetingdemand.Around10to15percentofcouplesintheworldareinfertile,accordingtoSchou.A
5、ddedtothataresinglewomennearingtheendoftheirchildbearingyearswhostillwanttohaveafamily."Wehelpatsunamiofhighly-educated,singlewomenwhoaremoredemanding,andwhoprioritizedtheircareersandwhowanttohaveachildbeforeitistoolate,"Schousays.Thephenomenonhassurgedinthepastthreeorfou
6、ryears,andCryos"can'tmeettheavalancheofdemandfromthewesternworld".A55-year-oldeconomist,Schoustartedthespermbankinatinycellarofficein1987outofadesiretohelpcoupleswhocouldn'thavechildren.Cryos,whichmeans"freeze"inGreekandreferstothespermconservationprocess,wasoriginallysta
7、rtedtohelpcancerpatientswhowantedtofreezetheirspermbeforeundergoingchemotherapy.Cryos'spermhasproducedmorethan14,000full-termpregnanciessince1991,andthecompanyhasreceivedpilesoflettersofthanksfromwomenaroundtheworld,Schousays.AndwhilethespermfromaDanishVikingwithblondhair
8、andblueeyesmaybeexactlywhatclientsarelookingforinnorthernEurope,it"isfarfromtheidealinotherparts
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