环球慢速英语 脸部移植的争论(1)

Face Debate

脸部移植的争论

Voice 1: Hello. I'm Mike Procter.

声音1：大家好。我是迈克·普洛斯特。

Voice 2: And I'm Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight¹. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

声音2：我是玛丽娜·桑蒂。欢迎大家收听重点报道节目。本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。便于全世界各地民众的理解。

Voice 4: "A young girl from North India suffered terrible face injuries. Her hair got caught in a grass cutting machine. The machine pulled her whole face from her head. Her parents watched with horror² as her face fell to the ground."

声音4：“一名来自印度北部地区的女孩脸部严重受伤。她的头发被卷进了割草机中。割草机将她的整张脸从头上扯了下来。她的脸掉到地上的那一幕被她的父母看到，他们非常害怕。”

Voice 2: You may remember Sandeep Kaur, from northern India. She suffered a terrible accident in 1994. She was only nine years old. Sandeep's hair got caught in a grass cutting machine. The machine pulled away her whole face from her head. Sandeep's parents put the face in a container with ice. At the hospital doctors did the impossible. They attached³ her face back to her head! This was the world's first face 'replant.' They re-attached her face.

声音2：大家可能还记得来自印度北部的桑迪普·考尔。她在1994年遭遇了一场严重的事故。当时她只有9岁。桑迪普的头发卷进了一台割草机中。那台机器将她的整张脸从头上撕了下来。桑迪普的父母把她的脸装进了一个冰桶里。而医生完成了不可能的事情。他们将她的脸重新接回了头上！这是世界上首例脸部重新移植。医生重新接回了她的脸。

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 horror   

n.惊骇，恐怖，惨事，极端厌恶

参考例句：

• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation.公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。
• The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。

3 attached   

附加的

参考例句：

• The lease entitles the holder to use the buildings and any land attached thereto.本租约持有人有权使用此建筑物以及所附属的土地。