英语听力精选进阶版 14228

BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

12 June 2013 

Surgery app 

Transcript: 

The operating theatre can be a daunting¹ place for patients.  

And for trainee² surgeons, limited time and resources mean not all get enough 

hands-on experience. 

Which is why four surgeons in London developed an app to practise surgery.  

It has training modules³ which give step-by-step guides to common surgical 

procedures. 

Vocabulary: 

operating theatre 

a room in a hospital in which people are operated on  

daunting 

making you feel slightly scared or worried about your ability to achieve 

something  

trainee surgeons   

people who are learning to be surgeons; surgeons are doctors who are specially 

trained to perform medical operations  

hands-on experience 

experience gained by doing something yourself 

step-by-step 

doing one thing and then another thing in a fixed⁴ order 

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

news reports.  

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

operating theatre / daunting / trainee surgeons / hands-on experience 

/ step-by-step 

1.  "We've been working on this for seven years, _______, so we're very 

excited it's finally going to happen," Esencia's CEO Andrew McDonald said 

on a tour of the 170-hectare (420-acre) site. 

2.  Relocating to another country can be a ________ prospect⁵, particularly if 

you don't speak the language. 

3.  Stamford Hospital has an outpatients department, a minor⁶ injury unit, one 

__________ and a day surgery unit. 

4.  By learning online, _________ can do more in their spare time without 

travelling long distances. 

5.  The CBI says teenagers will develop a serious interest in science only if they 

have the chance to get _________ in the subject. 

Answers: 

1.  "We've been working on this for seven years, step by step, so we're very 

excited it's finally going to happen," Esencia's CEO Andrew McDonald said on 

a tour of the 170-hectare (420-acre) site. 

2.  Relocating to another country can be a daunting prospect, particularly if you 

don't speak the language. 

3.  Stamford Hospital has an outpatients department, a minor injury unit, one 

operating theatre and a day surgery unit. 

4.  By learning online, trainee surgeons can do more in their spare time without 

travelling long distances. 

5.  The CBI says teenagers will develop a serious interest in science only if they 

have the chance to get hands-on experience in the subject. 

1 daunting   

adj.使人畏缩的

参考例句：

• They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
• Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

2 trainee   

n.受训练者

参考例句：

• The trainee checked out all right on his first flight.受训者第一次飞行完全合格。
• Few of the trainee footballers make it to the top.足球受训人员中没有几个能达到顶级水平。

3 modules   

n.模块( module的名词复数 )；单元；（宇宙飞船上各个独立的）舱；组件

参考例句：

• The course consists of ten core modules and five optional modules. 这门课程包括十个必修单元和五个选修单元。
• Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels. 我们的英语课分为诗歌、戏剧和小说等单元。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

5 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

6 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。