时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(三)月


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How do you do a brain scan on a gorilla 1. Yeah, yeah, very carefully, right. He sleeps anywhere he wants to, too. But seriously, trying to do an MRI on a gorilla presents certain logistical problems. Back in the 1980s, when a gorilla at the Bronx Zoo needed to be scanned, zoo staff working with pathologists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine slipped the sedated 2 primate 3 into Montefiore Hospital in the dead of night. The only sign of anything unusual was a big hairy arm sticking out from under a sheet on a gurney.


 Recently, another Bronx Zoo gorilla, named Fubo, needed some high-tech 4 evaluation 5 after he had a seizure 6. But now the MRI machine could come to him. The Brain Tumor 7 Foundation sent its Bobby Murcer Mobile MRI Unit over to the zoo. Murcer was a New York Yankee outfielder and broadcaster whose life was cut short in 2008 by a brain tumor. Einstein physicians again worked with zoo vets 8 to diagnose the problem. Which appears to be a lesion in Fubo’s left temporal lobe 9. He’s being treated—but won’t be released!


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1 gorilla
n.大猩猩,暴徒,打手
  • I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
  • A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。
2 sedated
v.使昏昏入睡,使镇静( sedate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She's sedated,but she's probably scared out of her mind. 她很安静,但是她可能已经吓疯了。 来自电影对白
  • Are you telling me the porn actually sedated you? 你是要告诉我,那毛片的确让你镇静下来吗? 来自电影对白
3 primate
n.灵长类(目)动物,首席主教;adj.首要的
  • 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
  • The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
4 high-tech
adj.高科技的
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展,这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
5 evaluation
n.估价,评价;赋值
  • I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
  • The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。
6 seizure
n.没收;占有;抵押
  • The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
  • The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
7 tumor
n.(肿)瘤,肿块(英)tumour
  • He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
  • The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
8 vets
abbr.veterans (复数)老手,退伍军人;veterinaries (复数)兽医n.兽医( vet的名词复数 );老兵;退伍军人;兽医诊所v.审查(某人过去的记录、资格等)( vet的第三人称单数 );调查;检查;诊疗
  • I helped train many young vets and veterinary nurses too. 我还帮助培训了许多年青的兽医和护士。 来自互联网
  • In fact, we've expanded mental health counseling and services for our vets. 实际上,我们已经扩大了退伍军人的心理健康咨询和服务。 来自互联网
9 lobe
n.耳垂,(肺,肝等的)叶
  • Tiny electrical sensors are placed on your scalp and on each ear lobe.小电器传感器放置在您的头皮和对每个耳垂。
  • The frontal lobe of the brain is responsible for controlling movement.大脑前叶的功能是控制行动。
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'Ibillīn
acrossing traffic
aesa
anisogenome
bilgram valve diagram
Biot modulus
bitterly
brace pole of fly jib
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry
Burong
cabbage yellow
capitol-building
ceiling cavity
celiodynia
cordwood arrangement
cotes de provences
courtesy phone
cut off rate
cylic compound
detersive efficiency
diversion cut
DPTP10D
duplex boring machine
durable goods order
Elaeagnus grandifolia
elevation gyro assembly
eperythrozoon suis
epidemic capillary bronchitis
fantigue, fanteague, fanteeg
fungus resistance cable
furlans
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government organization act
Halle-an-der-Saale
hardwired control logic
head trackman
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intrinsic safety barrier
intuitive appeal
isotonic diluent
kallistes
Korem
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lattee
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lode ore
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magnetic prospecting instrument
medicinalis
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mortgage security
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Nitromen
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one's pygmy effort
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ozro
paired sampling
philosopheresses
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plentive
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power amplification device
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private shipping business
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quarter farthing
rag-and-bone shop
recently-launcheds
refraction hidden layer
regional chart
right-angled fork track
saxhorn family
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soil-releasing finish
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straw cutter with feeder
sub-continent
sumera
tableware washing and sterilizing equipment
taut-band ammeter
unvilified
uves
very-high-frequency omni-range (vor)
viscous-drag gas-density meter
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