SSS 2008-08-21
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute.
A trip to the emergency room is usually traumatic. It has to be. Why else would you be going? But new research shows that it also tends to be confusing 1. Scientists from the University of Michigan conducted detailed 2 interviews with about 150 patients as they were released 3 from the ER. And they compared the patients’ impressions of what had happened with their hospital records. What they found is that three quarters of the patients they spoke 4 with didn’t understand what was wrong with them, what was done for them, or what they should do when they get home. What’s worse, these same patients reported being pretty sure of what they understood, or thought they understood, 80 percent of the time. The results appear online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
The biggest area of confusion 5 revolved 6 around what to do next: what medicines patients might need to take, whether they should make an appointment to see their regular doc, or what symptoms 7 would indicate they need to get themselves back to the ER. Obviously 8, doctors need to do a better job of explaining things. But patients, too, should question the staff until they get clear instructions. Take along a family member for an extra set of ears. Even ask the doctor to write things down. Of course, good luck trying to read it later.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin.
- The instructions on the box are very confusing.盒子上的使用说明含混不清。
- It's very confusing to learn a new language.学习一门新语言是很令人困惑的。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.他对我的问题的回答只是使我更加困惑不解。
- His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措。
- The fan revolved slowly. 电扇缓慢地转动着。
- The wheel revolved on its centre. 轮子绕中心转动。 来自《简明英汉词典》