英闻天下——39 2012 World Medical Technology Review

 　　Technology is constantly changing the face of medicine for patients and doctors. A company in Sweden is developing eye-tracking technology for the mass market place.

 

　　Here gadgets¹ which register, process and respond to eye movements could mean an end to using a mouse.

 

　　At first glance. This might look like a run-of-the-mill arcade² game. Closer attention shows you this man isn't using a joystick or controller. Nor is he pressing any buttons, gesturing with his hands or giving voice commands.

 

　　In September researchers in Boston revealed how cutting edge medicine is offering hope to America's recently injured war veterans.

 

　　They're perfecting techniques to grow muscle tissue, ears and other body parts in the lab, in order to reduce the need for amputations, transplants and prosthetics.

 

　　According to Sundback director of the tissue engineering lab at Massachusetts General, scientists there have been developing the technology for decades, but they haven't been able to turn it into a practical therapy.

 

　　"The fact that we are doing this for the injured soldier means so very much, and I think that's partly why we propelled this forward."

 

　　The work is part of a clinical trial at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

 

　　Ronald Strang a former Marine³ sergeant⁴, was injured during his deployment⁵ in Afghanistan. He's among those who may benefit from this ground breaking science in the future.

 

　　In Myanmar 200 HIV sufferers are huddled⁶ here a fraction of the quarter of a million people living with HIV in this country. Half of them don't get the medicines they desperately⁷ need.

 

　　The Global Fund urged Myanmar to apply for assistance to open the door for HIV drugs to reach more than 75 percent of those in need by the end of 2015.

 

　　Dr Thin Thwe is a project medical coordinator⁸ for Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)

 

　　"We cannot accept the patients and every day we turn back the patients. And that means letting them (get) sicker and sicker."

 

　　In 2013, we expect technology will make our life better and better.

 

　　For CRI, I am Li Dong.

1 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

2 arcade   

n.拱廊；(一侧或两侧有商店的)通道

参考例句：

• At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost empty.在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
• In our shopping arcade,you can find different kinds of souvenir.在我们的拱廊市场，你可以发现许多的纪念品。

3 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

5 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

6 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

7 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

8 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？