VOA标准英语2012--US Museum Showcases National Medical Collection
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
US Museum Showcases National Medical Collection
These conjoined twins are not what you'd come across in a conventional museum.
They are one of the exhibits at The National Museum of Health and Medicine near Washington. Its aim is to promote the understanding of medicine, past, present and future. It's a treasure trove 1.
These surgical 2 kits 3 and microscopes used to discover new diseases are from the 1860s.
"What I find so significant is, any given thing, they each have a very unique and interesting story and that's one of the great opportunities that I have in my job to be able to explore them," said Jim Curley, the museum's historical collection specialist, who organizes the artifacts.
Enormous collection has lots of fans
The museum is a big attraction for school children and health workers. They get a close look at the human body - like this leg swollen 4 with elephantiasis, an infectious disease mostly in tropical regions.
The museum has 25,000,000 objects, including preserved organs and more than 5,000 skeletons.
"This skeleton is of one of our first animal astronauts. Abel was a monkey who flew into space for a very brief period of time in 1959," explains Tim Clark, the museum's deputy director.
The museum showcases specimens 5 that have been used for medical research by the U.S. military.
For example, the bullet that killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Clark says he focuses on teaching visitors about medical contributions of the military.
"It became the lessons learned from the battlefield that taught the next generation of physicians and surgeons at a time when science and medicine was evolving rapidly," said Clark.
Delving 6 into the human anatomy 7
There's also an exhibit on brain injuries.
"This is something we wanted to highlight through actual brain specimens that show these injuries so that people can visually understand what goes on with the brain and how it is changed and why we have these resulting behavior and function problems," said Andrea Schierkolk, the museum's public programs manager.
Michael Koser and his family came to see the museum.
"The pathology that I am seeing here is really interesting as far as learning about the human anatomy and some of the issues that can occur from certain injuries," said Koser.
With this large facility, museum officials say they can continue collecting specimens for care and study, as well as educating younger generations.
- He assembled a rich trove of Chinese porcelain.他收集了一批中国瓷器。
- The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。
- Keep your kits closed and locked when not in use. 不用的话把你的装备都锁好放好。
- Gifts Articles, Toy and Games, Wooden Toys, Puzzles, Craft Kits. 采购产品礼品，玩具和游戏，木制的玩具，智力玩具，手艺装备。
- Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
- A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。
- Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
- The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He has been delving into the American literature of 20th century. 他一直在潜心研究美国20世纪文学。 来自互联网
- In some ways studying Beckett is like delving into Shakespeare's words. 在某些方面，研究Beckett的戯好像是深入研究莎士比亚的语句。 来自互联网