VOA慢速英语:Researchers Repair Brain Injuries With New Cells

短语讲解：

1. Brain cells, called neurons, connect with each other through chemical and electrical signals.

each other 互相，彼此
例句：Do you often help each other with your lessons?
你们经常互相帮助复习功课吗？

2. The researchers want to find out if they can direct the growth of neurons and help them form these important links.

find out 发现; 使发作
例句：I'll find out the address,and ring you back.
我找到地址后再与你通电话。

3. If the researchers can understand this process, they think they will be able to help people who have suffered brain injuries stimulate new nerve tissue.

be able to 能够; 能
例句：He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly.
他不久就能处理日常事务。

4. They form very elaborate and beautiful networks and the different network structures relate to what they do, their function.

relate to 涉及; 同…有…关系
例句：The row entries relate to the destination of the outputs.
横列的项目指的是产品的目的地。

5. And what we are trying to do is figure out  what are the chemical signals that lead to a particular structure and, in turn, how does that structure lead to the electrical signals you get when you have active neurons.

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：I can't figure out the problem.
我不明白这个问题。