英语听力—环球英语 621 Ending Needless Blindness

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Ryan Geertsma.
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And I'm Robin² Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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K.G. Angeneyulu is a 55 year old man from India. He suffered from a common eye disease³ called cataracts⁵. Over three years, these cataracts caused Angeneyulu to become blind. This process made Angeneyulu very sad. Angeneyulu told the Religion and Ethics⁶ news organization,
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"Before, I was a sports man. I used to swim. After the cataract⁴, I could no longer move around. I had to stay home, and I started eating...I had problems being over weight, and I developed high blood pressure."
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Angeneyulu is not alone. The World Health Organization says that world wide, 45 million people are blind. And of these cases, 75 percent could be prevented or cured. One doctor, Dr⁷. V., called this "needless⁸" blindness. And he spent his life creating the Aravind eye care system - to end needless blindness.
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Aravind doctors helped Angeneyulu to see again. And he is one of millions of people that Aravind has served in this way. Today's Spotlight is on Doctor Govindappa Venkataswamy and the Aravind Eye Care System.
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Govindappa Venkataswamy or Dr. V., completed medical school in 1944. At this time, he wanted to be an obstetrician - a doctor that helps women give birth. However, after medical school, Dr. V. began suffering from a disease called Rheumatoid arthritis⁹. This disease caused Dr. V. much pain. It also limited the movement of his fingers. Because of his disease, Dr. V. could no longer be an obstetrician.
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However, Dr. V. still wanted to be a doctor. So, he returned to school and completed another degree in Ophthalmology. He now specialized¹⁰ in eye care. Dr. V. still suffered from Rheumatoid arthritis. So he created special instruments that helped him perform eye operations. Dr. V served over 20 years in government hospitals. And he became one of the best eye doctors in India. He was well known¹¹ for his research, his skill and his quickness. No one operated as fast as Dr. V.
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In 1976, Dr. V. turned 58 years old - the government retirement¹² age in India. Dr. V. could no longer work as a doctor in government hospitals. However, he did not think his work was done. So, he opened a small eye hospital in the city of Madurai. This was the beginning of the Aravind Eye Care system. Aravind started small, but Dr. V.'s idea for the hospital was always big. His goal was to develop an eye care system that would end needless blindness. He would provide merciful¹³ and high quality care to all people.
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Dr. V. based his eye care system on an unusual model - the American fast food business, McDonalds. Like McDonalds, Dr. V. knew that if he served a large number of people, the cost of his services would decrease. And by decreasing the cost, he hoped to provide eye care for all people that needed it - rich or poor.
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Dr. V. told the magazine, Fast Company,
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"If McDonald's can sell over one thousand million burgers, why cannot Aravind sell millions of eye sight-repairing operations?"
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Dr. V. looked for every possible way to make his services better and faster. He trained other health workers to prepare patients for their eye operations. He also decided¹⁴ to prepare more than one patient at a time for simple eye operations. You see, the eye doctor's operating skills are only needed for ten to twenty minutes per patient. So, once the patients are prepared, the doctor can perform four or more operations in an hour. This rate is much higher than anywhere else in the world.
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Many people compare Dr. V.'s model to a factory line. Like a factory worker, doctors perform fast and high quality operation after operation.
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Some people worry that this model will lead to higher infection¹⁵ rates and lower¹⁶ quality operations. However, at Aravind, the rates of patient infection are very low. And doctors carefully consider the different situations of each patient. High and low risk patients are separated¹⁷. Doctors leave extra time for high risk patients and prepare for possible complications¹⁸. The quality of Aravind Eye Care services remains¹⁹ very high. And in 2007 alone, Aravind doctors performed more than 270,000 eye operations.
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Dr. V. also found other creative ways to decrease the cost of his operations. One major way Aravind saves money on cataract operations is by making their own intraocular lenses²⁰. These lenses are necessary for cataract surgery²¹. Before Aravind started making their own, they had to pay 200 dollars for imported lenses. Today, at their Aurolab factory, they produce these lenses for only ten dollars. They sell extra lenses to pay for the services of those patients that cannot afford to pay.
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Aravind has worked hard to cure blindness by performing low-cost, high-quality operations. However, they have also worked hard to provide preventative eye care. By visiting doctors for eye tests, people can get help before they lose their ability to see. This care is very important to ending needless blindness. And no one provides more preventative eye care services than Aravind. In fact, in 2007, Aravind provided²² eye care for over two million out-patient visits. This makes Aravind the largest eye care provider in the world.
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Today, the Aravind Eye Care system has five hospitals and many more small, eye care centers. They even have mobile²³ eye care centers that travel and provide care for people living in country areas.
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Aravind is able to serve so many people by carefully managing the eye care process. One way they do this is by using technology well. For example, some Aravind Eye Care centers do not have eye doctors. Instead, they have specialized eye care workers. These workers are trained only to prepare and test local patients. These healthcare workers DO work with doctors. They use the internet to send test results to doctors at larger Aravind centers. The doctors immediately examine the results and decide if the patient needs more care. Within minutes, the patients can meet and talk with the doctors using tele-conferencing technology. This technology makes it possible for one doctor to meet with many patients, in many different places, in a very short time.
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Aravind is an amazing model of better and faster eye care. It is also an example of merciful health care that provides services to everyone who needs them. Dr. V.'s eye care method has been recognized and praised by many national and international groups.
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After many years of devoted²⁴ service, Dr. V. died in 2006. However, Aravind continues to work toward²⁵ Dr. V.'s goal of ending needless blindness. Today, Aravind teaches its model to eye care workers all over the world. And it is clear that what makes the Aravind model special is not just its speed and quality - it is its spirit of service. And this spirit is found in the example of Dr. V., who once said,
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"Intelligence²⁶ and skill are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful."
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

4 cataract   

n.大瀑布，奔流，洪水，白内障

参考例句：

• He is an elderly gentleman who had had a cataract operation.他是一位曾经动过白内障手术的老人。
• The way is blocked by the tall cataract.高悬的大瀑布挡住了去路。

5 cataracts   

n.大瀑布( cataract的名词复数 )；白内障

参考例句：

• The rotor cataracts water over the top of the machines. 回转轮将水从机器顶上注入。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Cataracts of rain flooded the streets. 倾盆大雨弄得街道淹水。 来自辞典例句

6 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

7 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

8 needless   

adj.不必，无须，不必要的，无用的

参考例句：

• Needless to say,I agree.无须说，我是同意的。
• It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.你需要一个助手，那是不必说的。

9 arthritis   

n.关节炎

参考例句：

• Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
• He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。

10 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

11 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

12 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

13 merciful   

adj.仁慈的，慈悲的

参考例句：

• The merciful king saved him from death.宽大的国王免他一死。
• He is accounted a merciful man.人们认为他是一个宽厚的人。

14 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

15 infection   

n.传染，影响，传染病

参考例句：

• He is suffering from a virus infection.他受到病毒感染。
• White blood cells fight infection.白血球抵抗感染。

16 lower   

adj.较低的；地位较低的，低等的；低年级的；下游的；vt.放下，降下，放低；减低

参考例句：

• Society is divided into upper,middle and lower classes.社会分为上层、中层和下层阶级。
• This price is his minimum;he refuses to lower it any further.这个价格是他开的最低价，他拒绝再作任何降价。

17 separated   

adj.分开的v.分开(separate的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Her parents are separated but not divorced. 她父母分居但没离婚。
• No child should ever be separated from his mother by force. 绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 complications   

（新出现的）困难，难题( complication的名词复数 )； 并发症； 曲折

参考例句：

• Complications set in, and the patient died. 病人因出现并发症而死亡。
• Normally there are no complications with the medicine. 服用这种药按理不会产生并发症。

19 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

20 lenses   

n.透镜，镜头( lens的名词复数 )；眼睛中的水晶体

参考例句：

• a pair of glasses with tinted lenses 一副有色镜片眼镜
• Wash the lenses in saline solution. 用盐溶液清洗镜片。

21 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。

22 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

23 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

24 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

25 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

26 intelligence   

n.智力，聪明，智能；情报

参考例句：

• He was a man of intelligence and of firmness of will.他是个聪明而又意志坚定的人。
• He equals me in strength but not in intelligence.他和我力气相等，但智力不同。