手机APP下载

您现在的位置: 首页 > 在线广播 > 科学美国人 > 科学美国人健康系列 > 正文

科学美国人60秒:医生新书讨论生死问题

来源:可可英语 编辑:aimee   可可英语APP下载 |  可可官方微信:ikekenet
  


手机扫描二维码查看全部内容
Jq[fuJD7w1RbY7sATE

SJiV.,MZqCGmIA

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.
"My book is called Water in May. It's about a 15-year-old Dominican-American living in Washington Heights named Mari Pujols. And she wants more than anything else to have a baby...and so she's very excited when she finds out that she's going to have a baby. And then the doctors tell her her baby has only half a heart."
Ismée Williams. Dr. Williams is a pediatric cardiologist at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. And the author of the young adult novel Water in May.
I met Williams May 19th at the first annual Bronx Book Festival at Fordham Plaza in New York City's northernmost borough. As with so much so-called young adult fiction, the novel deals with serious issues, including the medical problems surrounding such a heart defect.

_c[0pMBY!(2ciGSReh

新生儿.jpg
"We do surgery for this type of heart problem, which is called hypoplastic left-heart syndrome."
Forty years ago, 95 percent of infants with the condition died within a month. Now, most of these kids will make it to adulthood—but will also need frequent medical monitoring and care.
Anyone buying the book will support a worthwhile cause, too.
"Forty-thousand kids a year are born with heart defects...I've partnered with a group called Colin's Kids, which raises money for families who are affected by congenital heart disease and are in financial need, and also raises money for research. So five-percent of book sales go directly to them. Because part of my goal for writing the book is also to raise awareness about the number one birth defect, the most common birth defect."
For Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.

[h*C;e=EAD-iw79FwV|

C^cP5SoV*GL

tV9hdWrzexmvuFGYzgWNcg4Qam3guHN7EXa!.c,uULBep1Fff)

重点单词   查看全部解释    
defect [di'fekt]

想一想再看

n. 缺点
vi. 背叛

联想记忆
awareness [ə'wɛənis]

想一想再看

n. 认识,意识,了解

联想记忆
affected [ə'fektid]

想一想再看

adj. 受影响的,受感动的,受疾病侵袭的 adj. 做

联想记忆
venture ['ventʃə]

想一想再看

n. 冒险,风险,投机
v. 尝试,谨慎地做,

联想记忆
frequent ['fri:kwənt]

想一想再看

adj. 经常的,频繁的
vt. 常到,常去

 
fiction ['fikʃən]

想一想再看

n. 虚构,杜撰,小说

联想记忆
syndrome ['sindrəum]

想一想再看

n. 综合症,典型表现

联想记忆
worthwhile ['wə:θ'wail]

想一想再看

adj. 值得(做)的

 
cardiologist

想一想再看

n. 心脏病学家;心脏病科医师

 
surgery ['sə:dʒəri]

想一想再看

n. 外科,外科手术,诊所

 

发布评论我来说2句

    最新文章

    可可英语官方微信(微信号:ikekenet)

    每天向大家推送短小精悍的英语学习资料.

    添加方式1.扫描上方可可官方微信二维码。
    添加方式2.搜索微信号ikekenet添加即可。