和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Electric Shocks, Not Drugs, Help A Brain Disease

2014-06-25来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. He explains that the system would process signals coming from the brain in real-time and then use those signals to control its own electrical output.

come from 来自某处; 出生于
例句:Where will all this innovation come from?
这些创新来自哪里?

2. CALEB KEMERE: "We propose to take this and then expand into something that has a much more complicated processor like the one that is found in your cell phone that can process incoming signals that we actually would be getting from the brain in real time, understand what’s (what is) going on and then modulate the brain stimulation in response to that."

in response to 对…做出反应
例句: He opened the door in response to a knock. 
他应敲门声而开了门。 

3. The National Science Foundation gave Caleb Kemere money to work on such research.

work on 从事于…; 继续工作
例句:He has too much work on hand to go picnicking with us. 
他手头的工作太多了,不能跟我们去野餐。 

4. He believes there could be experimental devices that help people suffering from other mental disorders within five years.

suffer from 患(某种病),受(某种病痛)折磨;
例句:I often suffer from unaccountable headaches. 
我常莫名其妙地头疼。