VOA慢速英语:Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

短语讲解：

1. Since the nineteen seventies, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers.

search for 搜索，搜寻
例句：People have made a long search for the cause(s) of malaria. 
 人们为了找出疟疾的起因进行了长时期的探索。 
link with将…与…连接〔系〕在一起
例句：This old Silk Road linked China with the West in ancient times.
这条古老的丝绸之路在古时候把中国和西方连接了起来。

2. The demonstration took place at the Swiss embassy in Washington.

take place 发生，举行
例句：I shall arrange for the meeting to take place on Friday. 
 我将安排星期五开会。

3. In the laboratory, he can operate a wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand.

think about 考虑
例句：Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done. 
 歇息一会，想想你做了些什么。 

4. The brain-machine interface is a system that allows disabled people, people suffering from physical disabilities to communicate with external world and also to control devices.

suffer from患(某种病)；受(某种病痛)折磨
例句：You must have suffered from a cold.
你一定是感冒了。
communicate with 与…联系，与…沟通
例句：I communicate with him regularly by letter.
我与他定期通信。

5. These send signals through the spinal cord to the muscles to give us the ability to move.

spinal cord 脊髓

6. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.

react to 对…作出反应（评价，答应）
例句：A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.
狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护。

7. What we want is to bring this technology out of the lab and this has two components.

bring out 取出，搬出
例句：Suddenly the man brought a gun out and threatened the driver with it.
那男子突然掏出手枪威胁司机。

8. First is testing with real patients, so as to demonstrate that this is a feasible technology they can benefit from.

benefit from 得益于
例句：He thought he would benefit from going to school.
他认为上学对他有好处。