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Background

Modern medicine has made huge progress in recent years in the field of transplants. Further advances in this area may enable specialists to transplant whole faces very soon.

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Listen and choose the best answer.

1. Why does Christine Piff have a problem with her face?

A. She has burns from a fire.

B. She was in an accident.

C. She has cancer.

2. What type of transplant could help Christine Piff?

A. A hair transplant.

B. A face transplant.

C. A nose transplant.

3. The surgeon thinks the answer is ______.

A. half face transplants

B. partial face transplants

C. whole face transplants

4. The surgeon believes the new face transplants could happen in ______.

A. the near future

B. Twenty years’ time

C. The next century

5. Immuno-suppression is already being used in _________.

A. heart surgery

B. cosmetic surgery

C. limb transplants

6. surgeons are already working on the ______.

A. social aspects of face transplants

B. technical part of face transplants

C. theory of face transplants

Key：1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5.C 6.B

小白老师说：

在新闻报道中记者经常自问自答，抛出问题，稍候作答。这样可以使报道结构完整，思路清晰。比如：

1. So what can be done now? At this specialist center in Surrey, surgeons take skin, muscle and bone from the patients’ own body …
2. And what would it mean to wake up in the morning to a face that’s not your own? It could mean you’d lose your identity …

Key Words

reconstructive surgery 重建手术

normality n. 常态

distress n. 苦恼，贫困

self-esteem n. 自尊，自尊心

self-worth n. 自尊，自大，自负

jigsaw puzzle 七巧板，智力拼图玩具

Transcripts 原文

Gill Higgins: It’s because of cancer that Christine Piff lost her eyes and her left cheek. She’s had 25 years of reconstructive surgery. She says she would go through with a face transplant, because it’s so hard now she’s lost her look of normality.

Christine Piff: The pain and distress is, is really awful, and the suffering. Our self-esteem our self-worth goes down the drain, and it’s that awful question: I am not good enough.

Gill Higgins: So what can be done now? At this specialist center in Surrey, surgeons take skin, muscle and bone from the patient’s own body to rebuild their face. It can help people with burns and those who’ve had cancer or accidents.

Surgeon 1: It, it becomes a little bit like a jigsaw puzzle, fitting, er, what you’ve got available into what is missing, and of course, the, the final result is, is, is a great improvement but, but never, er, equates with, with normality.

Gill Higgins: This surgeon believes whole face transplants are the answer, and he believes they could be a reality very soon.

Surgeon 2: With immuno-suppression it is already possible, because it’s being done in limb transplantation. The technical part or the surgical approaches to face transplantation are presently being worked out, and that is gong to be possible within the next year.

Gill Higgins: But are people ready to accept the idea? A small study suggests many find it difficult.

Woman 1: They’re reflecting on their relatives quite commonly, and I mean, people say things like, “But supposing my child was walking down the street and met somebody else.”

Gill Higgins: And what would it mean to wake up in the morning to a face that’s not your own? It could mean you’d lose your identity, the sense of who you are, causing emotional confusion. It’s a risk some patients may accept, but the public’s response remains a matter for debate. Gill Higgins, BBC News.

Gill Higgins, 27 November 2002.