双语趣听精彩世界 第191期:智能减肥小药片来啦!
时间：2019-01-28 作者：英语课 分类：双语趣听精彩世界
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Real Time UK News: An electronic pill that tricks the brain into thinking the stomach is full could help tackle obesity 1. The revolutionary device looks like an ordinary tablet, but it is packed with cutting-edge technology.
The experimental pill works in the same way as gastric 2 pacemakers to suppress appetite.
A gastric pacemaker is an implant 3 that is surgically 4 placed in the stomach and wired to the vagus nerve. This nerve carries signals from the stomach to the hypothalamus, the area of the brain responsible for regulating appetite.
n.肥胖，肥大
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
adj.胃的
- Miners are a high risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
- That was how I got my gastric trouble.我的胃病就是这么得的。
vt.注入，植入，灌输
- A good teacher should implant high ideals in children.好教师应该把高尚理想灌输给孩子们。
- The operation to implant the artificial heart took two hours.人工心脏植入手术花费了两小时。
adv. 外科手术上, 外科手术一般地
- Unsightly moles can be removed surgically. 不雅观的痣可以手术去除。
- To bypass this impediment an almost mature egg cell is removed surgically. 为了克服这一障碍，通过手术，取出一个差不多成熟的卵细胞。