1 课时每天练(二十六) 选择性必修其次册 UNIT 5 FIRST AID Ⅰ.阅读理解 A [2024·南昌市第三次模拟] Lifesaving heart operation When Tal Golesworthy was told he needed a lifesaving heart operation in 1993, he said no. Golesworthy has Marfan syndrome (马凡氏综合征). Back in 1993, when he was living in the west of England, his doctor told him that the aorta (主动脉) in his heart was so enlarged that it would unavoidably burst unless he underwent a major operation. “They talked through the options ，” says Golesworthy, “But I was not interested. The operation really didn't look attractive.” What he particularly didn't like was having to be on blood thinners after the operation, something that would prevent blood clots (血栓) but presented its own risks: “I was riding motorbikes then, and skiing, so my whole lifestyle would have been affected.” By 2000, however, his condition had worsened. Realizing something had to be done, Golesworthy put his years of experience as a research and development engineer to good use. He decided he would fix himself. “Learning new stuff and developing new ideas, that was my job，” Golesworthy says. The aorta, he thought, needed support on the outside. And wrapping something around the outside of the aorta would require a special operation. So Golesworthy subjected himself to 30 hours in an MRI scanner and used 3D printing to create a physical exact copy of the part of his heart. “Luckily, I'd done a lot of work with technical materials，” he says. Strong determination coupled with an original yet practical solution won him the support of two leading surgeons and helped him raise the money to develop his idea. In May 2004, at the age of 47, he became the__guinea...
