From VOA Learning English this is the Health Report. A. 1.起搏器 2.通过外科手术 3.缓和帕金森病 4.头骨 5.导线 6.电池组 7.电气工程师 8.脑科学家 9.电击 10.多巴胺 11.大脑化学物质 12.开发一种大脑刺激系统 13.美国国家科学基金会 14.提供资金支持
B. 1.pacemakers 2.surgically 3.ease the effects of Parkinson's disease 4.skull 5.wires 6.a battery pack 7.an electrical engineer 8.a brain scientist 9.electric shocks 10.dopamine 11.a brain chemical 12.develop a brain stimulation system 13.the National Science Foundation 14.give sb. money to do
C. 1.但用电来取代药物会怎样呢? But what if drugs were replaced with electricity? 2.……使得病人无法控制地颤动: cause uncontrollable shaking, or tremors 3.对……来说,能在街上行走是一件幸事:Simply walking down the street is a great gift for...(特别注意此处simply 和介词for 的使用) 4.一般的药物治疗:the usual drug treatment 5.治疗……(病):help 6.深部脑刺激系统由两部分组成: The Deep Brain Stimulation System is a two part medical device. 7.在医生将导线放入他的脑内之前,……:Before doctors wired his brain, ... 8.如果你以前没见过我,你不会明白我当时是什么情况:Without seeing me before, you don't really understand what it was like. 9.考虑到,虑及:allow for 例句: You have to allow for a certain amount of error. 你必须考虑到一定数量的错误。 10.受……(病痛)折磨:suffer from (other mental disorders) 11.接下来是一段尤其长的话:We propose to take this and then expand into something that has a much more complicated processor like the one that is found in your cell phone that can process incoming signals that we actually would be getting from the brain in real time, understand what's (what is) going on and then modulate the brain stimulation in response to that.