2009年ESL之就医和人际交往16 Getting Plastic Surgery

16 Getting Plastic Surgery GLOSSARY plastic surgery / cosmetic surgery one of many medical procedures that involves cutting into ones skin to make one more attractive or beautiful * Shes thinking about having plastic surgery to make her nose smaller.

听一分钟英文：Surgery-手术

Surgery has saved or improved millions of lives. Its amazing to think that doctors have the ability to cut us open and repair us. Some of the surgery nowadays is unbelievable. Doctors and surgeons can replace organs like the heart, operate on the bra

VOA慢速英语-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A New Way to Help Predict Eart

Also: A study finds that rising wages, increased democracy help make people happy. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 July 2008 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Collapsed buildings in China'

Japanese Emperor Undergoes 1)Prostate Cancer Surgery

Broadcast: Jan 18, 2003 Japan's Emperor Akihito has undergone surgery for prostate cancer. His surgeons say the 2) prognosis for a full recovery look good. Doctors who performed the procedure Saturday

2007年VOA标准英语-Obesity Surgery Found to Decrease Risk of Death

By Carol Pearson Washington 30 August 2007 Two-thirds of Americans are overweight and a new study says the rates of obesity continue to rise in the United States. Obesity is also on the rise throughout much of the world. While gastric bypass surgery

Syrian Refugee Baby Gets Life-saving Surgery, Others Wait

Sara al-Matoura watched her daughter through a window as her daughters chest moved up and down under a tangle of medical wires. The mother from the Syrian city of Homs had not eaten for a day. She was up all night by her one-year-old daughters side a

VOA慢速英语2014 Surgery Safaris: Looking for the Perfect Body

Surgery Safaris: Looking for the Perfect Body From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. How far would you go for a perfect body? Many people these days are going as far as South Africa to get their version of perfection. People from acros

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Lindsey Fitzharris' new book is called The Butchering Art. It is not about carving meat for cooking. It's about surgery the way it used to be done. And it's about one surgeon in particular who changed the way it was done - Joseph

VOA常速英语2008年-Transplant Surgery Used To Remove ‘Inoperable’

By Carol Pearson Washington 11 April 2008 A surgeon in Miami used his skill in transplanting organs to save the life of a woman who had been told her cancer was inoperable. In this breakthrough surgery, doctors narrowed the scope of what is now cons

VOA标准英语2008年-New Technique Revolutionizes Surgery

By Carol Pearson Washington 08 January 2008 New technology makes surgery safer, shortens recovery time and leaves no scars. Both physicians and patients are pleased with the results. VOA's Carol Pearson has more. Maria Viruet recently had her gallbla

VOA常速英语2007-Fetal Surgery More Common, Shows Promise

By Carol Pearson Washington 11 October 2007 A children's hospital in Texas reports a rare condition that can threaten the lives of identical twins. The disorder has been noticed in a number of countries with advanced medical practices. A hospital spo

2007年VOA标准英语-Surgery Helps Women Recover from Female Genital

By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 July 2007 Groundbreaking reconstructive surgery for women who have undergone gential mutilation is being performed in Burkina Faso. Despite efforts across Africa to stop the practice of excision, includin

Gilberto Silva undergoes surgery on broken nose

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Gremio's Gilberto Silva, former star fullback at Panathinaikos-GRE and Arsena-ENG, underwent surgery on Saturday to correct his recently suffered broken nose. Silva received a vicious elbow during his team's 4-0 w

Yao Ming to undergo foot surgery

Yao Ming to undergo foot surgery www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-18 20:13:00 BEIJING, July 18 -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has decided to undergo surgery on his broken left foot next week, facing the possibility of missing all of next season. Chinese

英文原版对话1000个:780 Eye Surgery

Todd: OK, Mike you mentioned that you had eye surgery, so when you had your eye surgery, could you see after your operation? Mike: Well, that's.. no, I couldn't because I can't see anything out of my left eye, so when I had the operation on my right

HIV patient denied lung surgery, vice premier asks medical equality

BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang recently requested that medical practitioners offer equal treatment to people with HIV/AIDS and protect themselves in the course of treatment. Li asked the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wedne

Liu Xiang receives surgery at Wellington hospital

LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang had undergone a surgery on a torn Achilles tendon of his right foot at the Wellington hospital of London, officials said on Thursday. Chief official of the Shanghai Sports Bureau told Xinhua that t

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-02)

Around 7:15 tonight, we know that officer Campbell was in off-duty status, he's walking on the 4400 block of North Marshall with two individuals we believed to be accompanying him at that time. As they walked, these males approached. They announced a

2007年VOA标准英语-State of the Art Technology Improves Vision for

By Carol Pearson Washington 03 September 2007 U.S. Military doctors have performed more than 100,000 eye surgeries on active duty personnel to eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses. Now, at the new Joint Warfighter Refractive Surgery Cente

英语博客(A cup of English):Fishing and surgery

Beginners. Fishing seems to be a sport that you either love, or have nothing to do with. My father is a fisherman, and has been for most of his life. My husband also enjoys fishing during salmon season. It would be nice, though, if he caught a fish a