一直以來，人們都希望通過科技的發(fā)展來對抗奪去無數(shù)人生命的癌癥，而質子療法的出現(xiàn)大大增加了治療癌癥的成功幾率。今天的托福閱讀練習材料就來了解一下質子療法。
Doctors have developed a promising new procedure that could (1)revolutionize the way we fight cancer. Learn about proton therapy on this Moment of Science.
If you or someone you know has had cancer, then you know how frightening and painful treatment can be. But during the past few decades doctors have developed a promising new procedure called proton therapy that could revolutionize the way we fight cancer.
Proton therapy is basically a new kind of radiation treatment. Until recently, all radiation therapy used X-Rays. X-Rays are good at destroying cancer cells, but the problem is that when they pass through the body, they attack not only cancer cells but also surrounding healthy cells. So doctors have been forced to use radiation doses low enough to minimize damage to non-cancerous cells.
Proton therapy is a more accurate way of attacking cancer with radiation. Unlike X-Rays, which go through a patient and out the other side, protons penetrate only to the desired point and then stop. So cells deeper in the body than where the tumor is are not affected.
Protons also release most of their destructive energy just before they stop, so healthy cells in front of the tumor get less radiation than the cancer cells do. Proton therapy’s accuracy means that doctors can train high doses of proton radiation on (2)tumors without worrying about causing (3)collateral damage.
Proton radiation is not a miracle cure–in fact, it’s limited to treating (4)localized cancers that have not spread throughout the body. Still, it’s an important new tool for battling a deadly disease, especially for tumors deep inside the head or neck, where doing surgery would be too risky.
譯文：
如果你或你認識的人得了癌癥，你就會知道治療的過程是何其的可怕和痛苦。但是在過去的幾十年里醫(yī)生們已經(jīng)研發(fā)出一種新的有前景的治療過程，叫做質子治療。質子治療可以徹底改變我們對抗癌癥的方法。
質子治療從根本上說是放射療法的一種。直到最近，所有的放射療法都是采用的X射線。X射線能夠摧毀癌細胞，但問題是當穿過身體時，它們不僅攻擊癌細胞，也同樣會攻擊周圍的健康細胞。所以醫(yī)生們一直被迫使用較低的輻射劑量來減少對非癌細胞的傷害。
質子療法是用輻射治療癌癥一種更為準確的方法。與X射線不同的是，穿過病人身體并從身體的另一邊出去時，質子只會穿透所需要的點，然后就停止。因此，在人體內(nèi)比腫瘤位置更深的細胞不會受到影響。
質子一停下來就會釋放大部分的破壞性能量，所以腫瘤外部的健康細胞比癌細胞受到的輻射少。質子治療的精確性意味著醫(yī)生們可以在腫瘤的治療上使用高劑量的質子輻射，并且不用擔心會引起附帶損害。
質子放射療法其實并不是一個治療的奇跡。它僅局限于治療沒有擴散到全身各處的局部腫瘤。不過它仍然是一個對抗致命疾病的重要工具，特別是對于頭部和頸部深處的腫瘤，在那里做手術太冒險了。
Notes:
(1)revolutionize [,revə'lju:ʃənaiz] vt.發(fā)動革命;徹底改革;宣傳革命 vi.革命化;從事革命
1.They wanted to revolutionize the whole world.
他們要在全世界發(fā)動革命。
2.But the Internet has just as much potential to revolutionize education.
不過，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)同樣具有實現(xiàn)教育革命的潛力。
(2)tumors n.腫瘤(tumor的復數(shù))
(3)collateral damage [法]附帶損害
The collateral damage is still considerable.
間接的損失仍然相當大。
(4)localized['ləukəlaizd] adj.局部的;地區(qū)的;小范圍的 v.定位(localize的過去分詞)
Their interest localized on the development of this new drug.
他們的興趣集中在這種新藥的研制開發(fā)上。
Doctors have developed a promising new procedure that could (1)revolutionize the way we fight cancer. Learn about proton therapy on this Moment of Science.
If you or someone you know has had cancer, then you know how frightening and painful treatment can be. But during the past few decades doctors have developed a promising new procedure called proton therapy that could revolutionize the way we fight cancer.
Proton therapy is basically a new kind of radiation treatment. Until recently, all radiation therapy used X-Rays. X-Rays are good at destroying cancer cells, but the problem is that when they pass through the body, they attack not only cancer cells but also surrounding healthy cells. So doctors have been forced to use radiation doses low enough to minimize damage to non-cancerous cells.
Proton therapy is a more accurate way of attacking cancer with radiation. Unlike X-Rays, which go through a patient and out the other side, protons penetrate only to the desired point and then stop. So cells deeper in the body than where the tumor is are not affected.
Protons also release most of their destructive energy just before they stop, so healthy cells in front of the tumor get less radiation than the cancer cells do. Proton therapy’s accuracy means that doctors can train high doses of proton radiation on (2)tumors without worrying about causing (3)collateral damage.
Proton radiation is not a miracle cure–in fact, it’s limited to treating (4)localized cancers that have not spread throughout the body. Still, it’s an important new tool for battling a deadly disease, especially for tumors deep inside the head or neck, where doing surgery would be too risky.
譯文：
如果你或你認識的人得了癌癥，你就會知道治療的過程是何其的可怕和痛苦。但是在過去的幾十年里醫(yī)生們已經(jīng)研發(fā)出一種新的有前景的治療過程，叫做質子治療。質子治療可以徹底改變我們對抗癌癥的方法。
質子治療從根本上說是放射療法的一種。直到最近，所有的放射療法都是采用的X射線。X射線能夠摧毀癌細胞，但問題是當穿過身體時，它們不僅攻擊癌細胞，也同樣會攻擊周圍的健康細胞。所以醫(yī)生們一直被迫使用較低的輻射劑量來減少對非癌細胞的傷害。
質子療法是用輻射治療癌癥一種更為準確的方法。與X射線不同的是，穿過病人身體并從身體的另一邊出去時，質子只會穿透所需要的點，然后就停止。因此，在人體內(nèi)比腫瘤位置更深的細胞不會受到影響。
質子一停下來就會釋放大部分的破壞性能量，所以腫瘤外部的健康細胞比癌細胞受到的輻射少。質子治療的精確性意味著醫(yī)生們可以在腫瘤的治療上使用高劑量的質子輻射，并且不用擔心會引起附帶損害。
質子放射療法其實并不是一個治療的奇跡。它僅局限于治療沒有擴散到全身各處的局部腫瘤。不過它仍然是一個對抗致命疾病的重要工具，特別是對于頭部和頸部深處的腫瘤，在那里做手術太冒險了。
Notes:
(1)revolutionize [,revə'lju:ʃənaiz] vt.發(fā)動革命;徹底改革;宣傳革命 vi.革命化;從事革命
1.They wanted to revolutionize the whole world.
他們要在全世界發(fā)動革命。
2.But the Internet has just as much potential to revolutionize education.
不過，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)同樣具有實現(xiàn)教育革命的潛力。
(2)tumors n.腫瘤(tumor的復數(shù))
(3)collateral damage [法]附帶損害
The collateral damage is still considerable.
間接的損失仍然相當大。
(4)localized['ləukəlaizd] adj.局部的;地區(qū)的;小范圍的 v.定位(localize的過去分詞)
Their interest localized on the development of this new drug.
他們的興趣集中在這種新藥的研制開發(fā)上。