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,如此带来很大不便。目前有一种工具问世,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。假如一次读数不正常,则该测试仪便对病人发出警报,要其用传统方法重新加以核查。将来的型号将会彻底取代划破手指的检查办法。
NOTE 注解:
sugar
n. 血糖
diabetic
n. 糖尿病病人
anguish
n. 痛苦, 烦恼
abnormal
adj. 反常的
incarnation
n. 型号



