VOA标准英语2010年-Former US President Bill Clinton Leave

Dr. Allan Schwartz, Bill Clinton's cardiologist speaks to the media outside the Milstein Building at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, NY, 11 Feb 2010

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived at his suburban¹ New York home early Friday morning following an overnight stay in a city hospital where he had a procedure to open a clogged² coronary artery³.

Douglas Band, an advisor⁴ to the former president, said in a statement that Mr. Clinton was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital in "excellent health."

Mr. Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Thursday, after experiencing discomfort⁵ in his chest for several days. In 2004, Mr. Clinton underwent a quadruple by-pass operation at the same hospital, to unclog four of his arteries⁶.

His cardiologist, Dr. Alan Schwartz, said new tests showed that one of his arteries had become completely clogged.  Mr. Clinton underwent what was described as a routine hour long procedure to open it. 

"He was treated with two stents that were placed into his own coronary artery -- that is the artery that had been supplied previously⁷ by this by-pass graft⁸ was opened by the placement of two stents -- small metal scaffolds that hold the artery open. The procedure went very smoothly," he said.

Hillary Clinton leaves Columbia Presbyterian hospital, in NY, 11 Feb 2010

Dr. Schwartz stressed that Mr. Clinton did not have a heart attack or suffer any damage to his heart.

Mr. Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and their daughter, Chelsea, were with him at the hospital. President Barack Obama spoke⁹ with Mr. Clinton following the procedure. The White House said he told the president he felt "absolutely great."

Dr. Schwartz said President Clinton could return to work as early as Monday.

Clinton advisor Douglas Band said the former president is eager to get back to the work of his Foundation and to the Haiti relief and recovery efforts, in which he is playing a key role as U.N. Special Envoy¹⁰ for Haiti.

 

1 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

2 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。

3 artery   

n.干线，要道；动脉

参考例句：

• We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
• The aorta is the largest artery in the body.主动脉是人体中的最大动脉。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 discomfort   

n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便

参考例句：

• One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
• She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

6 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

8 graft   

n.移植，嫁接，艰苦工作，贪污；v.移植，嫁接

参考例句：

• I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
• The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。