VOA常速英语:'Electronic' Skin Monitors Heart, Brain Function

短语讲解：

1. According to scientists, the new stretchy skin technology, epidermal electronics system (EES), is able to monitor key body functions without the use of cumbersome wires and glues since it attaches to the skin without adhesive.

attach to (使)贴〔系, 粘〕在…上
例句：He attached labels to his luggage.
他把标签贴在行李上。

2. But they figured out a way around the problem.

figure out弄明白; 解决
例句：I can't figure out what he was hinting at.
我想不出他在暗示什么。

3. The way that we actually mount these devices on the skin uses ideas borrowed directly from kids’ temporary transfer tattoos

borrow from从…借入; 借用
例句：Rome borrowed many ideas from Greece.
罗马人采纳了许多希腊人的思想。

4. "Temporary tattoos are already low cost, the materials have been worked out, the adhesion is good, why not just use that materials technology as a substrate.

work out 解决, 解答; 计算出
例句：She worked out the problem with no difficulty.
她毫无困难地解决了这个问题。

5. Depending on where the “smart” skin is applied, Rogers says it’s possible to monitor the heart’s electrical activity, the contraction of muscles in the arm or the electrical activity of the brain.

depend on随…而定
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

6. It also turns out that that data can be used as a type of human-machine interface for controlling computer systems, for example.

turn out结果是, 原来是
例句：He said he was a doctor; but later he turned out to be a cheat.
他自称是个医生, 结果证明他是个骗子。

7. Researchers say the technology could be helpful to people with neuro-muscular diseases like Lou Gehrig’s disease.

be helpful to对……有益处
例句：It's always helpful to be well informed.
消息灵通总是有益的。