【英语时差8,16】你的外科医生怎么准备大型手术？

Y: Hey, Don, did you ever wanna be a doctor when you were a kid?

D: Yeah, I always wanted to be a surgeon.

Y: So, what happened?

D: I’m afraid of blood. Plus, it’s a lot of pressure. Having someone’s life in your hands, I mean, one mistake, and you can kill someone.

Y: Right. But you know there are things surgeons can do to cut down on mistakes, like for instance¹ warming up before operating. 

D: You mean warming up as stretching or something?

Y: Not exactly, but sort of. Most of the time surgeons prepare for the surgery² by going over the case and thinking about the procedure³. But studies have shown that warming up by actually practicing the procedure or going through the hand motion⁴ of the surgery really helps. In one study, doctors that warmed up this way had 80% fewer errors than doctors who didn’t warm up.

D: Wow. So how can surgeons practice with a computer simulator or something?

Y: Exactly. And many hospitals have simulators but they are usually tacked⁵ away in a classroom or a basement. But if there were a practice simulator near the OR, more surgeons could take a few minutes to warm up and perform better during the real thing.

D: Cool. If I had known about this, maybe I would have become a surgeon.

Y: Maybe.

1 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

2 surgery   

n.外科，外科手术；手术室

参考例句：

• What time does surgery finish?门诊什么时间结束？
• Your condition is serious and requires surgery.你的情况很严重，需要动外科手术。

3 procedure   

n.程序，手续，步骤；常规的做法

参考例句：

• The results show clearly that this procedure is correct.事实充分说明这种做法是正确的。
• It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution.它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。

4 motion   

n.打手势，示意，移动，动作，提议，大便；v.运动，向...打手势，示意

参考例句：

• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
• Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时，请勿打开车门。

5 tacked   

用平头钉钉( tack的过去式和过去分词 )； 附加，增补； 帆船抢风行驶，用粗线脚缝

参考例句：

• He tacked the sheets of paper on as carefully as possible. 他尽量小心地把纸张钉上去。
• The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth. 女裁缝把那两块布粗缝了起来。