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From Star Wars to 1970s TV shows, the promise of a bionic limb was always the stuff of science fiction. Now it's real.
从《星球大战》到上世纪70年的电视秀，仿生肢体一直是科幻里会出现的东西，但现在成真了。

From PBS station WGBH in Boston, Cristina Quinn introduces us to a woman who's helping local researchers perfect the technology.
下面请听我台驻波士顿记者克里斯蒂娜·奎恩向我们介绍一位帮助当地研究人员完善这项技术的女性。

Morgan Stickney approaches physical therapy at Spaulding Rehab like everything in life, with her eyes on the prize.
摩根·斯蒂克尼在波尔丁康复所里接触的物理治疗法就像家常便饭一样，她关注的是奖品。

I like to treat P.T. and O.T. as if it's a workout. So I go down there and give it my all.
我很喜欢运动疗法和作业疗法，就好像是一种锻炼一样。所以我会去那里并全身心参与其中。

She's a pre-med student, an elite swimmer, and a one-time Olympic hopeful.
摩根·斯蒂克尼是医学预科的学生，也是一名优秀的游泳运动员，曾经是奥林匹克的种子选手。

But she has suffered for years from an extremely rare vascular disease that went undiagnosed.
但是多年来她一直忍受着一种极为罕见的血管病，现在医学上暂未找到原因。

It restricts blood flow to lower limbs, resulting in brittle bones.
这种病会限制血液流动到下肢，导致脆骨症。

I was trying to take my classes on opioids because I was suffering in so much pain. All my bones in my feet were dying. So, I couldn't walk.
我当时想尝试上上跟阿片类药物有关的课，因为我太疼了。我脚部的所有骨头都是死掉了，所以我不能走路。

Facing amputation, she learned about an experimental surgery happening at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
在面临截肢的时候，摩根了解到了波士顿布莱根妇女医院的一种实验外科。

The Ewing amputation, named after the first patient to undergo the procedure, reconnects the muscles and nerves that communicate with the brain.
尤文截肢是以做该手术的第一位病人名字命名的，这种截肢可以将肌肉和跟大脑交流信号的神经重新连接起来。

It's a major advancement compared to a standard amputation, which severs these connections, says surgeon Matthew Carty.
这种截肢跟一般的截肢相比是一种重大进步，因为一般的截肢会切断这种联系，外科医生马修·卡蒂如是说道。

When a patient with a standard amputation thinks about moving their ankle, which is no longer there, for example, they only get half the information.
对于做了一般截肢的病人来说，如果他们要移动踝关节但踝关节已经不在了，那么他们就只能获得一半的信息。

And so the brain searches for a way to process that incomplete equation.
于是大脑会寻找一个处理不完整等式的方法。

The Ewing amputation closes the loop, so, when an amputee puts on a prosthetic limb,
尤文截肢会关掉这个闭环，当被截肢者带上假肢的时候，

the brain knows exactly where that leg is, because the muscles and nerves are still intact.
大脑就会准确的知道腿部在哪里，因为肌肉和神经依然是完整的。

And the idea is that, once they have healed, when they fire off those muscles
这个想法是——等它们治愈之后，等肌肉能正常运作

and think about moving their ankle, their body basically thinks it's moving a biological ankle still.
并思考移动踝关节的时候，他们的身体基本上就会觉得脚踝还在动。

Carty has been working with researchers at the MIT Media Lab, who are developing what is essentially a bionic leg.
卡蒂一直跟MIT媒体实验室的研究人员合作，后者正在研发仿生假腿。

And Stickney, who underwent A Ewing amputation a year-and-a-half ago,
斯蒂克尼1年半之前曾接受过尤文假肢，

is among the first to help MIT researchers test it out. She's moving a robotic ankle just by thinking about it.
他是第一批帮助MIT研究人员做测试的人之一。她是通过移动机械脚踝来进行思考的。

It's a potential game-changer for anyone who uses a prosthetic limb. But for Stickney,
这对于所有使用假肢的人来说都是巨大的成果。但对斯蒂克尼来说，

the immediate payoff off of the surgery was being pain-free and returning to competitive swimming.
这次手术立竿见影的成效是免去了疼痛，让她得以重返竞争性的游泳比赛中。

Months after her amputation, Stickney won two national championships and was living in Colorado training for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
在昨晚截肢数月后，斯蒂克尼获得了国家锦标赛奖项，留在科罗拉多，为2020东京残奥会做训练。

But a few months later, the rare vascular disease affected her other leg.
但几个月后，罕见血管病影响了她的另一条腿。

I was recovering in the cold tub, and I got out and hopped three steps, and my foot fractured.
我在冰冷的桶里做康复，我出来之后，跳了3步，脚就折了。

Stickney has since become the first person to undergo a bilateral, or double, Ewing amputation.
在那之后，斯蒂克尼就成为第一个做过双腿尤文截肢的人。她跟一小群先锋者一样，

She's part of a small, but growing group of pioneers helping perfect this new technology.
助力将这项新科技变得更完美。而现在这些先锋者的数量也在不断变多。

In the meantime, though, she's already thinking about restarting her training regimen.
不过，与此同时，她已经在思考重启训练了。

Nothing will stop me from getting in the pool. My goal is to go to the 2024 Paralympic Games.
什么都无法阻止我对游泳的热爱。我的目标是参加2024残奥会。

I will be in a different classification this time. But that doesn't change anything. I'm going to be working just as hard in the pool, if not harder.
这一次，我的参赛类别就不同了。但这并不会改变什么。我依然会更加努力的。

Proving loss can fuel one's competitive spirit. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Cristina Quinn in Boston.
怅然若失会激人奋进。以上是克里斯蒂娜·奎恩从波士顿发回的报道。

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1.introduce to 介绍

He introduced us to the delights of natural food.
他让我们认识到食用天然食物的乐趣OzG7@l|#S))B2Vg9x。

2.suffer from 遭受

They suffer from health problems and fear the long term effects of radiation
他们遭受着健康问题的困扰并且害怕辐射的长期影响m9JbiFFqDH@_fxrWD。

3.stop from 阻止

Motherhood won't stop me from pursuing my acting career
做了母亲并不会阻止我继续追求我的演艺事业;z_Pp@8rDoz。

4.game-changer 改变事物

But if he discovers a planet that can harbour life, that is a game-changer.
但如果天文学家发现的行星上有生命，那就完全不同了1W1K(i7tJJ]rB8Y#%i_。

5.physical therapy 理疗

Physical therapy is an important adjunct to drug treatments
物理疗法是戒毒治疗中的一种重要辅助性疗法S^x;OFo8%Y.%B.vpiB。

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