watershed eventって何? 仕事で使えるニュース英語
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ニュース英語は難しいと思われるかもしれませんが、多くの人が読みやすいように書かれているので、実は英語学習にはうってつけです。ニュースを使った英語学習アプリ「日経LissN」から会話でも使える表現をピックアップし、ニュース内での扱われ方、また日常会話での言い換えバリエーションなどをご紹介し、フレーズの理解をさらに深めてもらいます。ニュースの英語で使える表現の引き出しを増やして、会話のバリエーションを広げていきましょう。
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今回は、世界で初めてブタの臓器を人体に移植した手術に関する記事をご紹介します。米メリーランド大学で、拒絶反応を起こさないよう遺伝子操作された豚の心臓を、重い心臓疾患を持つ米国人の男性への移植を成功させたようです。この成功が大きなきっかけとなり、臓器不足が解消されて、1人でも多くの人が助かるようになるといいですね。
Let's read !!! 早速記事の一部を読んでみましょう。
Patient receives a pig heart in the world's first successful transplant of its kind in the US
ブタの心臓を人体に移植 米で世界初の成功
The US University of Maryland announced on the 10th that it had successfully carried out a transplant operation on an American man using a heart from a pig that was genetically modified to prevent rejection by the human body. This is the first time in the world that a human has received a heart transplant using a pig. As organ shortages have become a serious problem in the US, hope is growing for pig organ transplants.
The person who received the transplant on the 7th is a 57-year-old man living in Maryland who had been suffering from serious heart disease. The surgery lasted eight hours, but he is reportedly doing well. The doctor who performed the surgery said, "It's working and it looks normal, but we don't know what tomorrow will bring us," and plans to keep an eye on the patient's progress.
Eiji Kobayashi, a project professor at the Jikei University School of Medicine (transplantation and regenerative medicine), said, "This is a watershed event. Having a vital organ such as the heart transplanted from a pig with the patient surviving for at least a few days is of great medical significance."
(LissN 2022年1月24日配信)
【Words and Phrases】
transplant 移植
genetically modified 遺伝子操作された
rejection 拒絶反応
organ 臓器
keep an eye on 〜を注視する ~を見張る
watershed 画期的な
ブタの心臓を人体に移植 米で世界初の成功
The US University of Maryland announced on the 10th that it had successfully carried out a transplant operation on an American man using a heart from a pig that was genetically modified to prevent rejection by the human body. This is the first time in the world that a human has received a heart transplant using a pig. As organ shortages have become a serious problem in the US, hope is growing for pig organ transplants.
The person who received the transplant on the 7th is a 57-year-old man living in Maryland who had been suffering from serious heart disease. The surgery lasted eight hours, but he is reportedly doing well. The doctor who performed the surgery said, "It's working and it looks normal, but we don't know what tomorrow will bring us," and plans to keep an eye on the patient's progress.
Eiji Kobayashi, a project professor at the Jikei University School of Medicine (transplantation and regenerative medicine), said, "This is a watershed event. Having a vital organ such as the heart transplanted from a pig with the patient surviving for at least a few days is of great medical significance."
(LissN 2022年1月24日配信)
【Words and Phrases】
transplant 移植
genetically modified 遺伝子操作された
rejection 拒絶反応
organ 臓器
keep an eye on 〜を注視する ~を見張る
watershed 画期的な