Show Me Some Sugar1)
For diabetics2) on the go,drawing blood to check sugar levels every two hours or so is a major inconvenience.Now comes a tool to ease the
anguish3).The wrist-mounted GlucoWatch Biographer checks sugar every20minutes by sending tiny electric currents through the skin.If a reading is abnormal4),the watch alerts the patient to recheck it traditionally.Future incarnations5) will replace finger pricks altogether.
血糖测试仪
患糖尿病时,每两个小时左右就要抽一次血,以检查血糖量,这样带来极大不便。现在有一种工具问世,可以减轻痛苦。戴在手腕上的血糖测试仪通过向皮肤中发送细小的电流来每20分钟核查一次血糖。如果一次读数不正常,则该测试仪便对患者发出警报,要其用传统方式重新加以核查。未来的型号将会彻底取代划破手指的检查方法。
NOTE 注释:
1. sugar n. 血糖
2. diabetic n. 糖尿病患者
3.
anguish n. 痛苦, 苦恼
4. abnormal adj. 反常的
5. incarnation n. 型号
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