MIT开发低成本简易呼吸机（讲解版）| E0402

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Since the world is grappling with a lack of ventilators which could make a crucial difference in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, a team of volunteers, including physicians, engineers, computer scientists and others, which has been centred at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has started working on developing a safe and inexpensive alternative to the technology, which can be built quickly anywhere in the world, the institute has said in a statement.

▍语言点 

grapple /'græp(ə)l/ vi. 扭打，搏斗  

· grapple/wrestle with: 竭力解决

ventilator /'ventɪleɪtɚ/ n. 人工呼吸机

make a crucial difference in: 起到至关重要的作用 

alternative /ɒlˈtɜːnətɪv/ n. 替代选择

(more choices, more possibilities)

· We had no alternative but to fire him.

我们别无他法，只有辞退他。 

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