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VOA慢速英语:American Scientists Work on Printing of Living Tissue Replacements

2014-11-03来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Three-D printers are used to make everything from automobile parts to bone replacements for human patients.

be used to 习惯于,适用于
例句:Petroleum can be used to produce various chemical products. 
石油可用于生产多种化学产品。 

2. "And with our 3-D bio-printer, we have been able to create new microvascular networks that we can then grow new tissues in very key areas such as pancreas, liver and kidney."

be able to 能够
例句:We must be able to stay impartial at all times. 
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。 

3. But they hope in a few years they may be able to print tissue to replace damaged human organs.

a few 少许, 少数; 一点点
例句:There are only a few manual affordances. 
手动启示数量很少。 

4. Michael Yost hopes that more people will believe in the benefits of biofabrication.

believe in 信赖;信仰
例句:I believe in the strength of community.
我相信社区的力量。