消化系统摄影仪通过政府审批

90 消化系统摄影仪通过政府审批

SCIENCE REPORT ?September 5, 2001: Digestive System CameraBy George Grow
（Start at 1'01"） This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Science Report.
The American government has (1)approved a (2)device that lets doctors see detailed¹ (3)images from inside the human body.
The Food and Drug Administration approved marketing² of a device as small as a medicine (4)pill. The patient swallows the device. It contains a very small (5)video camera. It travels through the (6)stomach, small (7)intestine³ and large intestine. The camera sends color images to a special receiver worn by the patient. The body expels⁴ the camera with its wastes. Later, the doctor downloads the images from the receiver to see them on a computer.
The product is called the Given (8)Diagnostic Imaging System. An Israeli company, Given Imaging Limited, developed the unusual device. The company has offices in the United States, Australia and Germany.
Currently⁵, doctors use a method called (9)endoscopy to provide images of the small intestines⁶. An endoscope is a long thin tube with a small camera on the end. Doctors use endoscopy to identify growths, cancer and causes of bleeding. Doctors place the endoscope down a patient's throat to look at the small intestine.
However, endoscopes are not able to reach all the way through the small intestine because the organ is six meters long. The F-D-A says the new device takes pictures of the (10)entire small intestine. It helps doctors see areas in the small intestine that endoscopes cannot reach.
The Given Diagnostic Imaging System contains a camera, lights, a (11)transmitter and power supply. The power supply has an expected life of eight hours. That generally is long enough to take pictures of the small intestine, but not the large intestine.
F-D-A officials say the device was tested in twenty patients who had signs of disorders⁷ of the small intestine. Officials say the device discovered intestinal⁸ problems in twelve patients. A traditional endoscope found problems in only seven of the patients. A combination of different tests (12)identified fourteen problems in thirteen of the twenty patients.
The Food and Drug Administration says the Given Diagnostic Imaging System is safe and has no side effects. It approved the device for use along with other methods to examine the small intestines. The device was not tested in the large intestine.
This VOA Special English Science Report was written by George Grow.

 

(1) approve[ E5pru:v ]vi.赞成, 满意vt.批准, 通过v.批准
(2) device[ di5vais ]n.装置, 设计, 图案, 策略, 发明物, 设备[计]安装设备驱动程序
(3) image[ 5imidV ]n.图象, 肖像, 偶像, 形象化的比喻, 极为相象, 映像, 典型vt.想象, 作...的像, 反映, 象征
(4) pill[ pil ]n.药丸, 口服避孕药, 弹丸
(5) video camera n.摄影机
(6) stomach[ 5stQmEk ]n.胃, 胃口, 胃部v.容忍
(7) intestine[ in5testin ]adj.内部的, 国内的n.[解, 动]肠
(8) diagnostic[ 7daiE^5nCstik ]adj.诊断的
(9) endoscopy[ en5dCskEpi ]n.内窥镜检查法
(10) entire[ in5taiE ]adj.全部的, 完整的, 整个
(11) transmitter[ trAnz5mitE ]n.转送者, 传达人, 传导物, 发报机, 话筒, 发射机, 让渡者
(12) identify[ ai5dentifai ]vt.识别, 鉴别, 把...和...看成一样v.确定

 

1 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

2 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

3 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

4 expels   

驱逐( expel的第三人称单数 )； 赶走； 把…除名； 排出

参考例句：

• Dean Corso: [expels a lungful of smoke, unmoved] Ten. 迪安科索：[无动于衷的吸了一口烟]一成。
• The average cow expels600 liters of methane a day. 一般每头牛每天会排出600升甲烷。

5 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

6 intestines   

n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
• The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句

7 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 intestinal   

adj.肠的；肠壁；肠道细菌

参考例句：

• A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
• This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句