2006年VOA标准英语-Doctors Will Try to Bring Sharon Out of In

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
08 January 2006
 
 
An Israeli policewoman stands outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated 
  
Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon say they will begin trying to revive him from a medically induced coma¹ on Monday. The medical news comes as Israel's Cabinet says it will strive to carry out Mr. Sharon's wishes.

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Doctors treating Ariel Sharon say a CAT scan performed on the prime minister is encouraging, indicating a slight reduction in brain swelling², and that Mr. Sharon's other vital signs are within normal limits.

Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, the Director of Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital says, Mr. Sharon's doctors are ready for the next step in his treatment.

"Until Monday morning, we are not going to change anything in the management," he said. "Monday morning, we will gradually reduce the depth of anesthesia. We will be able to evaluate the neurological functions of the prime minister's brain."

Dr. Mor-Josef says, by Monday afternoon, Mr. Sharon's doctors should have a better understanding of the damage caused by the massive stroke and cerebral³ hemorrhage he suffered last Wednesday.

The Hadassah Hospital director says, while Mr. Sharon's condition has been stable since Friday, he remains⁴ in critical condition.

On Saturday, doctors said a CAT scan indicated slight improvement regarding swelling on the prime minister's brain. They also said the left side of Mr. Sharon's brain looked better than the right side, which they said was encouraging, because the left side of a person's brain controls the ability to speak.

Mr. Sharon's condition continues to dominate life in Israel.
 

The empty chair and gavel of Ariel Sharon is seen as acting⁵ PM Ehud Olmert, center left, and Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon, top right, talk during Sunday's Cabinet meeting  
  
At the weekly Cabinet meeting, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Cabinet colleagues that, if Mr. Sharon could talk, he would ask them to continue working without interruption on Israel's pressing security, social, and economic issues.

Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Foreign Minister Sylvan⁶ Shalom, of the conservative Likud Party, said Israeli politicians are aware of the need for stability at this time.

"I think we need to do everything we can do to stabilize⁷ the situation," he said. "I have said, as deputy prime minister, on behalf of the Likud Party ministers, that we will give all the support that is needed to Vice⁸ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in order to stabilize the situation, and in order to help him manage. The people of Israel are asking us right now - they would like to see us united."

Israel's Cabinet on Sunday did not address whether to allow East Jerusalem Arabs to vote in Palestinian legislative⁹ elections scheduled for January 25. Senior aides to Mr. Sharon had said before his stroke that Israel would not allow East Jerusalem residents to take part in the polls, because the Islamic militant¹⁰ group Hamas is taking part. But no final decision had been made on the matter.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said, if Israel does not allow East Jerusalem residents to vote, the legislative elections will be postponed¹¹ for six months.

1 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

3 cerebral   

adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的

参考例句：

• Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
• He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 sylvan   

adj.森林的

参考例句：

• Venerable oaks forms a sylvan archway.古老的栎树形成一条林荫拱道。
• They lived in a sylvan retreat.他们住在一个林中休养地。

7 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

10 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

11 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。