环球慢速英语 假体带来的希望(3)

Voice 1: Later, he accepted a job at a secret United States government organisation¹ — the CIA. Here, Robert did not use his talent to create art. Instead, he used his skills to help the spies who worked for the CIA. He worked hard to create disguises² that could completely change a person’s appearance — the way the person looked.

声音1：后来，他接受了美国政府的秘密机构中央情报局提供的一份工作。但是，罗伯特在中央情报局并没有用他的天赋创造艺术。而是用他的技能帮助为中央情报局工作的特工。他努力创造可以完全改变一个人外貌的伪装物，目的是改变一个人的样貌。

Voice 2: One day he went to a conference to learn how to improve the disguises that he made. He met many people there who were experts in the design of false body parts. This branch of engineering³ is called prosthetics. The experts wanted to build prosthetic arms, legs, and other body parts. They wanted to help people in need.

声音2：有一天，他参加了一个会议，在那里他学习了如何改进他所制造的伪装物。他认识了许多设计人体假体的专家。这个工程学分支叫做假体制作。这些专家希望制作出假臂、假肢和身体其他部位的假体。他们想帮助有需要的人们。

Robert saw many pictures of people who had suffered terrible changes to their appearance. Some had lost noses and skin because of disease⁴. Others had lost body parts through accidents. Seeing these things had a strong effect on Robert. When he left the CIA he decided⁵ to use his talent for making disguises to help people who suffered with these problems.

罗伯特看到了许多外表遭遇可怕改变的人们的照片。有些人因为疾病失去了鼻子和皮肤。还有人因为遭遇事故而失去了部分身体部位。这些照片对罗伯特产生了很大的影响。他离开中央情报局以后，决定用他的天赋制造伪装物，帮助遭受这些问题的人。

1 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

2 disguises   

n.伪装( disguise的名词复数 )；伪装品v.假扮( disguise的第三人称单数 )；化装；伪装；掩盖

参考例句：

• But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too per fect. 正象他们不久就发现的那样，化装效果有时可能太完美无缺了。 来自《用法词典》
• He has tried all sorts of disguises. 他曾经设法找各种借口。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

4 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。

5 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。