VOA慢速英语:Artificial Womb May Help Smallest Babies

1.Every year, millions of babies are born before they are fully developed.

millions of 成千上万的…，无数的…;
例句：He helped energize and mobilize millions of people around the nation
他帮助激励和动员了全国数百万人。

2.Many of them die because they are not yet able to survive outside their mother.

be able to 能够; 能，会
例句：They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break
他们可以帮忙照料孩子，这样你就可以歇一歇了。

3.This causes breathing problems, which can lead to death.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。

4.Neergaard reported that the organs were similar to those from lambs of the same age that had grown in a natural womb.

be similar to 类; 与…相似; 类乎
例句：This behavior is similar to buckling of strut.
这种状态类似于压杆的屈曲。

5.The hope is that these biobags may provide a ‘safe space’ for premature babies to develop in a more natural way -- even if they are no longer able to grow inside their mothers.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。