【英语时差8,16】老鼠的胡须可防止中风（上）

The secret to stopping a stroke in its tracks might lie in a lab rat’s whiskers. Researchers at the University of California Irvine wanted to see how a section of the brain called the cerebral¹ cortex–the part involved with complex thought–responds during a stroke. So they took some rats, blocked arteries² sending blood to their brains, and prepared to record what happened in the cerebral cortex when, inevitably³, the rats had a stroke. But to their surprise, the rats were fine. Stroke never happened. Why not? Because of the rats’ whiskers. A rat’s whiskers, you see, have a strong connection to its cerebral cortex.

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 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。