2006年VOA标准英语-Brain-Damaged Victim Regains Speech After Almos
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By Melinda Smith
Washington, DC
05 July 2006
watch report Brain Regeneration
Terry Wallis
He has been called a 'medical miracle.' A 42-year-old man from the southern state of Arkansas has regained 1 some ability to speak and move after 19 years of being in what doctors call a state of 'minimal 2 consciousness'.
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Terry Wallis was 16 years old in 1984 when his car veered 3 across the road and dropped 15 meters [50 feet] into a riverbed. He defied the odds 4 by coming out alive. But he had significant brain damage and was unable to speak or move. He lived in a nursing home for years.
Angilee Wallis, Terry's mother
Terry Wallis began speaking again in 2003. His mother, Angilee Wallis, says she was amazed when he spoke 5. "He just said 'Mom.' His eyes opened wide, you know, and then said it again. That was just marvelous."
Neurologist Nicholas Schiff says there has been improvement since then. "He was able to grunt 6, but only inconsistently. Now he can talk to you. He can joke. He can tell you how to fix a Chevy engine."
Dr. Nicholas Schiff
Medical experts say the odds of Terry Wallis' recovery were one in 300 million. Brain images show that most of his normal nerve connections were destroyed in the accident. But Terry Wallis' brain has grown new connections in a less damaged area. There has recently been new growth in the part of the brain that controls movement.
Doctors hope they have learned things from this case that will help others.
Dr. Michael Williams
Dr. Michael Williams of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine says patients must be at least minimally 7 conscious. Those in a permanent vegetative condition are not likely to see change. "We would hope that we could develop ways to help the brain recover along those lines. All we know now is that it can happen."
The Wallis family says Terry has continued to get better. And while no one knows how much more improvement he will show, he has already beaten incredible odds.
- The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
- She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。
- They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
- I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。
- The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
- The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- He lifted the heavy suitcase with a grunt.他咕噜着把沉重的提箱拎了起来。
- I ask him what he think,but he just grunt.我问他在想什麽，他只哼了一声。