VOA慢速英语:Taking Medicine, With a Microchip Under the Skin

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

2. And, as a result, only twenty-five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty-four months of treatment.

as a result结果, 因此
例句：There was a substantial growth of industry and foreign trade increased as a result.
由于工业的大发展, 对外贸易也发展了。
go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

3. We anticipate two years to complete the design, and then we may be required to do two additional trials, taking us out to a total of four years before the device is available on the commercial scale.

take out获取, 办理; 把…带出去
例句：Mary and John took out a marriage license.
玛丽和约翰取得一份结婚证书。

4. He says the microchips may one day free patients from having to remember to take their medicine, or give themselves injections.

free from (把…)从…释放出来; 使摆脱
例句：We freed him from his financial obligations.
我们使他摆脱了经济上的责任。