Or, put another way, expert performers—whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming—are nearly always made, not born.(或者换句话说,执行者中的专家——无论是记忆方面的还是外科手术方面,无论是芭蕾舞还是计算机编程方面——几乎都是后天培养出来的,而不是天生的。)
However, the doctors warned that people who have stomach bleeding or other bad reactions from aspirin should not take it after heart surgery.(然而,医生警告说,有胃出血或其他阿司匹林不良反应的人不应该在心脏手术后服用阿司匹林。)
This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery.(这种强效的药物用于使手术中的病人失去知觉。)
For example, doctors did not have devices allowing them to go inside the human body to detect health problems or to perform delicate surgery.(例如,医生没有能够进入人体内检测健康问题或进行精细外科手术的设备。)
This type of surgery could even be used to extract cancerous growths.(这类外科手术甚至可以用来摘除恶性肿瘤。)
Some people made it as far as a doctor's surgery, only to pass out and die within minutes.(有些人已经到了诊所,但是在几分钟内却昏倒并死去。)
Although Satava's vision may be years away from standard operating procedure, scientists are progressing toward virtual reality surgery.(尽管萨塔瓦的视力距离可以做标准的手术可能还有几年的时间,但科学家们正在虚拟现实手术方面取得进展。)
I did have a surgery a few months ago, but I'm as fit as a fiddle now.(我确实在几个月前动了手术,但现在我身体很好。)
What they expected to be the removal of a small lump turned out to be major surgery.(他们本以为只是切除一个小肿块,结果却成了个大手术。)
I've never had plastic surgery, though people always think I've had a nose job.(我从没整过容,虽然人们一直以为我做过鼻子整形术。)