初三培优英语试卷(六)姓名Passage1(2011,河北省,IX)阅读短文,并按要求回答76-80题
SeveralAsianhospitalsaredoingexperimentswithtele-medicine
Tele-medicineisatechnologythatallowsdoctorsto"see"patientswithoutthembeinginthesameplace
Thisismadepossiblethroughhigh-speedcommunicationnetworks(网络)
Atbothendsoftheline,thewayofvideo-meetingletsthemseeandtalktoeachother
Bloodpressure(血压)andbodytemperaturearedirectlyshownoncomputers
Tele-medicineisalreadyinwideuseinsomeplacessuchastheUnitedStatesandGermany
Amongotheruses,villagedoctorshold"consultations(会诊)"withfar-awayexperts(专家)
Theexpertscanalsohelpthemduringoperations
Tele-medicinehasbeenslowtoreachAsiabecauseofhighcosts,besidesotherreasons
Whenthingsimprove,thistechnologywilldevelopveryfast
ChineseUniversityofHongKong'smedicalschoolhasjoinedabighospitalinBeijing,andThailandisb