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听力文本
Help may soon be at hand (or head) for the millions around the world who suffer from and worry about baldness. Scientists from the University of Durham in the UK, and Columbia University Medical Centre in the USA, say they are close to finding a solution to grow new hair. This is also good news for burns victims, who are likely to be those first helped by any new treatment. The scientists have grown new hair follicles in the laboratory. This is different from currently available treatments, which simply transplant hair from the back of the scalp to cover bald spots and areas without hair at the front of the head. Unlike transplants, the new procedure will allow the hair to keep growing naturally in the follicle.
Researcher Colin Jahoda did not give a timeframe in which his research will be commercially available. He said: "It's closer, but it's still some way away because in terms of what people want cosmetically they're looking for re-growth of hair that's the same shape, the same size, as long as before, the same angle. Some of these are almost engineering solutions." He did assure those with receding hairlines and those thinning on top that there is hope. He said: "I think baldness will eventually be treatable, absolutely." Professor Jahoda's colleague Angela Christiano was equally positive, saying their research could "revolutionise" hair-loss treatment. She said: "The first step is actually showing that it can be done."
中文翻译
患有秃头或是担心秃头的数百万人或许真的有救了。来自英国杜伦大学和美国哥伦比亚大学医学中心的科学家称他们正在找寻治疗办法，并即将找到答案。这对于烧伤者来说也是一个好消息，他们很有可能成为新式治疗方法的首位治疗对象。科学家已经在实验室中培养出了毛囊。这与目前现有的治疗方法不同，现在的治疗手段仅仅是将头皮后部的头发移植到秃斑处。不像现在的移植方法，新方法将让头发在毛囊上自然生长。
就新式治疗方法何时投入使用，研究人员贾荷达并没有给出时间安排。他说：“很快，但是从美容方面讲，我们距离人们所希望的相同样式、大小以及相同角度还有一些事情要做。许多方法已经接近开创式。”他肯定的说这为那些发际线短和秃顶的人带来了希望。他说：“我想秃头绝对能够得到治愈。”贾荷达教授的同事安吉拉·克瑞斯汀娜也同样抱有积极态度，称他们的研究将会是革命性的。她称：“他们的第一步就已经能够说明这件事情是可以实现的。”
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重点讲解
1.hair follicle 毛囊
例句：When we are young, our hair is colouredby the pigments produced by cells in the hair follicle known as melanocytes.
年轻时，我们的头发的颜色是毛囊里的黑素细胞产生的色素造成的。
2.likely to 可能
例句：Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, the coward sneaked away.
那个胆小鬼看到有可能发生骚乱时就溜开了。
3.keep doing 一直做某事
例句：That doesn’t mean you need to change things all the time, but sometimes we keep doing something a certain way just because that’s what we’re used to doing.
那不是意味着你在某段时间内一直要做一些改变，而是由于我们习惯这样做，所以有时我们继续保持着做事情的特定方式。
4.suffer from 遭受
例句：How long have you been suffering from a headache?
你头痛有多久了?
听力题目
1.What may soon be at hand?
a) hair
b) head
c) help
d) research
2.In which two countries are researchers working on baldness?
a) GB and America
b) Canada and France
c) India and China
d) Japan and South Korea
3.Who might be the first recipients of any new baldness treatment?
a) engineers
b) researchers
c) actors
d) burns victims
4.Where do current treatments take hair from?
a) animals
b) the back of the head
c) the laboratory
d) hair salons
5.What does the new treatment allow hair to do?
a) change colour
b) be straight or curly
c) grow naturally
d) stay in forever
6.When will the research be commercially available?
a) probably never
b) no one knows
c) 2015
d) the end of this year
7.How long do people want their new, regrown hair to be?
a) as long as possible
b) they don't care
c) on average, 11.54cm
d) as long as before
8.What kind of solutions did a researcher say is needed?
a) ones with glue
b) engineering ones
c) hairspray
d) liquid ones
9.Who did professor Jahoda assure, besides those receding?
a) those thinning on top
b) those on a diet
c) those not receding
d) those who shave their head
10.What did Angela Christiano say her research could for hair loss?
a) very little
b) nothing
c) speed it up
d) revolutionise it
听力答案
1.c
2.a
3.d
4.b
5.c
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.a
10.d
