英语文选 1
1．How Can You Add Years to Your Life? 1
2．Think You re Drinking Enough Water 6
3．Miracle Substance In Your Own Body 11
4．Painless Jabs 14
5．Artificial Organs Will Trigger Transplant Boom 18
6．Electronic Nose 22
7．Magnetic Implants Aid Hearing 27
8．Eye Implant Promises“Reversible”Surgery 31
9．Artificial Skin Goes on Trial 35
10．Mechanical Arm Guides the Surgeon s Hand 39
11．Marvels of Medical Machinery 44
12．Lasers 49
13．The Electrocardiograph 54
14．Ultrasound 58
15．Computed Tomography 63
16．The Visible Man 67
17．Security In Your Face 71
18．Prolonging the Period of Clinical Death 75
19．Electricity Breaks Pain Barrier 79
20．Risk-free Blood Test for Unborn Babies 83
21．Scientists Use Human Cells to Grow Spare Parts for Body 88
22．Probe Burns Out Brain Tumours 92
23．Progress in Search for Cancer Vaccine 97
24．The Prospect for Cancer Cure 102
25．New Pertussis Vaccine 107
26．The Future For Vaccines 111
27．How Gene Transfer May Save Lives? 115
28．Gene Splicing 121
29．Cheap Test,Chee？ful Patients 124
30．Genes In Action 129
31．Entering The Clone Age 134
32．What Is AIDS? 137
33．How Is AIDS Spread? 140
34．Cheaper Test For Tracking AIDS 144
35．HIV Gene Therapy in Vivo 147
36．New Anti-fungals Offer More Rapid Treatment 150
37．A Pharmacist s Guide To Treating Pediatric Cough 154
38．Natural Prostate Relief 160
39．“Kinder”Cancer Drug Goes On Trial 163
40．Nature s Cancer Fighter 167
41．A Drink For All Ailments 172
42．Fishing For Cures 175
43．Key To Health 180
44．When to See a Doctor If You Have Headaches? 183
45．A Daily Quart Milk May Cut Risk of Colon Cancer 186
46．Could This Drug Really Cure Malaria? 190
47．For Longer Life,Take a Wife 194
48．When Breast-feeding Fails 198
49．Coronary Heart Disease And Its Prevention 202
50．Why Estrogen Helps the Circulation? 207
1．如何延长你的生命年限？ 211
参考译文 211
2．想想看，你喝了足量的水吗？ 212
3．奇妙的物质就在你体内 214
4．无痛注射 214
5．人造器官将使器官移植兴盛 216
6．电子鼻 216
7．磁性植入物辅助听力 217
8．眼内植入物带来可逆性手术的希望 218
9．人造皮肤进入试用阶段 219
10．机械臂引导外科医生的手 220
11．神奇的医疗器械 222
12．激光 223
13．心电描记器 224
14．超声 225
15．计算机断层扫描 226
16．可视人体 228
17．安全在你脸上 229
18．延长临床死亡期 230
19．电刺激用于疼痛治疗 230
20．无风险胎儿血液检查法 232
21．科学家利用人体细胞培育人体备用器官 233
22．探针烧掉脑肿瘤 234
23．癌疫苗研究进展 235
24．癌症治疗的前景 236
25．新百日咳疫苗 237
26．疫苗的未来 238
27．基因转移怎样挽救生命 240
28．基因拼接 242
29．廉价的试验令患者高兴 243
30．基因活跃起来 245
31．进入克隆时代 247
32．艾滋病是什么？ 248
33．艾滋病是怎样传播的？ 249
34．更简便的艾滋病检验方法 250
35．人类免疫缺陷病毒在活体内的基因疗法 251
36．抗真菌新药提供快速治疗 252
37．药师指导使用儿童咳嗽药 253
38．缓解前列腺疾患的天然药物 255
39．“仁慈的”抗癌药物在试用中 256
40．自然界中的抗癌战士 258
41．能治多种疾病的饮料 260
42．研究海洋鱼类治疗人类疾病 261
43．通向健康之路 263
44．头痛患者何时就医 264
45．每天一夸脱牛奶可减少患结肠癌的危险 265
46．这种药物真的能治疟疾吗？ 265
47．男子要长寿，找配偶 266
48．哺乳失败怎么办 268
49．冠心病及其预防 270
50．雌激素为何有助于血液循环 271
练习答案 273
I．Increase your vocabulary 273
II．Check your understanding 282