英语文摘:Celine Dion pregnant with twins

BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhuanet) -- 42-year-old Canadian singer Celine Dion is pregnant with twins after a long struggle to conceive, according to media reports Monday.

Celine's husband Rene Angelil announced the baby news to People on Sunday.

“We’re ecstatic,” he told the magazine. “Celine is just hoping for a healthy pregnancy. She was hoping for one baby and the news that we are having two is a double blessing.”

Canadian singer Celine Dion performs at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City Aug. 22, 2008

The mother-to-be is 14 weeks along and she will find out the gender of the twins next month.

Celine has undergone six in-vitro fertilization attempts and turned to acupuncture to improve her chances of a pregnancy.