和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:New Medical Tape Reduces Pain for Newborns, Older Adults

2012-11-17来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Experts say having to change the tape daily or remove it when those babies are well enough to go home can be painful and even dangerous.

enough to 足够
例句:We have time enough to do these exercises.
我们有足够的时间做这些练习。

2. He and his team wanted to create a medical tape that was strong and could be removed without harming the skin.

want to 想要
例句:I want to check in.
我想办登机手续。

3. So, for example, temperature probes, endotracheal tubes to maintain breathing, as well as EKG leads for monitoring a, a pulse.”

for example 比如
例句:Propagate sound or light through air, for example.
例如通过空气传播声音或光。
as well as 及
例句:She can speak japanese as well as english.
她会说日语和英语

4. The new tape is made from materials already widely used.

be made from 由…所做成的(用于原材料不易看出的场合)
例句:The paper is made from wood.
纸是由木头制成的。