2006年VOA标准英语-Israel's Sharon Undergoes Successful Trach

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
15 January 2006

Ariel Sharon (file photo)   
  
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a tracheotomy Sunday, 11 days after his massive stroke. Doctors are worried.

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Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital says the tracheotomy took less than an hour and was successful. Doctors cut a small hole in Mr. Sharon's neck and inserted a tube into his windpipe. The aim is to wean him from a respirator which has helped him breathe since a massive stroke and cerebral¹ hemorrhage early this month. Medical experts say the tracheotomy is another bad sign for the 77-year-old prime minister.

 
Journalists and patients gather outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains² in critical condition
  
"The chances are very poor for recovery," said Israeli neurosurgeon Harry³ Rappaport. "We have to take into account the massiveness of the hemorrhage and his age and usually in such circumstances the prognosis is very bad." 

Doctors are especially concerned that Mr. Sharon has not emerged from a coma⁴, even though he has been taken off anesthetics. The Prime Minister's condition remains critical, but stable.

1 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。

2 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。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

4 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。