一名来自英国贝德福德郡的父亲因患脑肿瘤而面临失明风险，但伦敦大学学院医院的外科医生使用了一种人工智能工具来分析手术视频影像，帮助他们更安全地切除了尽可能多的脑肿瘤组织。

The patient's tumour was benign but dangerously close to important blood vessels and nerves, leaving him at risk of going blind.

这位患者的肿瘤虽为良性，但极度靠近重要血管和神经，使其面临失明的风险。

The team trained the AI tool on hundreds of videos of previous operations. They then used the AI tool in real time to help highlight sometimes hidden vessels and nerves, and to mark up the safest place to remove the tumour.

该医疗团队利用数百段过往手术视频对人工智能工具进行了训练。随后，他们在手术过程中实时使用该人工智能工具，协助凸显一些隐蔽的血管和神经，并标注出切除肿瘤最安全的位置。

Researchers hope that with larger trials, using AI in this way will help surgery become both safer and faster.

研究人员希望随着更大规模试验的开展，以这种方式使用人工智能将有助于让手术变得更加安全和高效。

词汇表

patient 患者
tumour 肿瘤
benign 良性的
blood vessels 血管
nerves 神经
tool 工具
operations 手术
real time 实时
mark up 标注
trials 试验，测试

听力练习

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

1. Is this article about AI carrying out surgery or AI helping surgeons?

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. What risk did the patient face because of the tumour's location?
a. losing the ability to hear
b. losing the ability to see
c. losing the ability to walk

2. What was used to train the AI tool?
a. blood tests
b. patient questionnaires
c. videos of previous operations

3. The tumour was cancerous.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

4. What did the AI tool do during surgery?
a. It highlighted safe spaces to remove the tumour.
b. It performed the surgery by itself.
c. It monitored the patient’s heart rate throughout the surgery.

5. Researchers believe larger trials could show that AI makes surgery safer and faster.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. ______________ used the AI tool in real time to help highlight sometimes hidden vessels and nerves, and to mark up the safest place to remove the tumour.

2. Researchers hope that with larger trials, using AI ______________ will help surgery become both safer and faster.

答案

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

This article is about AI helping surgeons identify hidden vessels and nerves and mark the safest place to remove the tumour.

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. b. The patient's tumour was benign but dangerously close to important blood vessels and nerves, leaving him at risk of going blind.

2. c. The team trained the AI tool on hundreds of videos of previous operations.

3. b. False. The patient's tumour was benign... Benign means not cancerous.

4. a. They then used the AI tool in real time to help highlight sometimes hidden vessels and nerves, and to mark up the safest place to remove the tumour.

5. a. True. Researchers hope that with larger trials, using AI in this way will help surgery become both safer and faster.

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. They then used the AI tool in real time to help highlight sometimes hidden vessels and nerves, and to mark up the safest place to remove the tumour.

2. Researchers hope that with larger trials, using AI in this way will help surgery become both safer and faster.