新發(fā)明助力聾人順利溝通 New material allowsdeaf mutes to speak

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五年前，一名清華大學的博士生發(fā)明了一種可感知設(shè)備，這項創(chuàng)新性的科學研究能幫助聾人實現(xiàn)正常交流?，F(xiàn)在，他繼續(xù)在重慶推進這項工作。

A?PhD?student?at?Tsinghua?University?who?created?a?sensation?five?years?ago?through?his?innovative?scientific?research?that?allows?deaf?mute?people?to?speak?normally，?has?continued?with?his?work?in?Chongqing.

Tao?Luqi，?who?was?born?in?Weihai，?Shandong?Province，?in?1990，?is?deputy?director?of?the?Chongqing?Collaborative?Innovation?Center?for?Energy?Internet?and?Intelligent?Equipment?and?a?research?fellow?at?Chongqing?University?s?School?of?Electrical?Engineering.?In?2017，?under?the?guidance?of?his?doctoral?tutor?Ren?Tianling，?a?professor?of?microelectronics?at Tsinghua?University，?Tao?used?a?new?material—graphene（石墨烯）—to?produce?an?intelligent?artificial?throat，?a?smart?wearable?device?that?enables?people?with?speaking?disabilities?to?communicate?normally.

The?device，?which?contains?laser?induced?graphene，?has?sound?sensing?abilities.?It?can?detect?weak?vibrations?and?can?produce?sounds?in?a?wide?spectrum（聲譜），?from?100?Hz?to?40?kHz?using?thermoacoustic（熱聲）?effects.

“Although?the?deaf?mute?people?can?t?speak，?their?throats?can?vibrate，”?Tao?said.?“If?I?put?a?device?made?of?graphene?into?the?throat?of?such?a?person，?it?can?detect?the?vibrations?and?make?sounds?using?electrical?signals.”?Tao?said?the?device?can?record?and?encode?whispers，?screams?and?coughs?at?different?frequencies?and?intensities?and?arrange?them?in?groups.?When?the?device?detects?the?sounds?in?a?particular?group，?it?will?reproduce?the?words，?phrases?or?sentences.?“But?the?deaf?mute?people?need?to?classify?their?own?language?sounds?into?groups?and?memorize?them，?just?like?typing?keys?on?a?keyboard，”?Tao?said.

Since?he?was?given?a?research?fellowship?at?Chongqing?University?in?October?2018，?Tao?has?been?studying?graphene?devices?that?can?sense?various?environmental?information，?such?as?temperature?and?humidity?and?converts?the?information?into?electrical?signals.?The?results?have?promising?potential?for?application?in?the?health?and?medical?fields.?“We?are?planning?to?study?combining?artificial?intelligence?and?sensors?in?the?future，”?Tao?said.?“We?believe?tiny?mechanical?sensors?can?do?a?big?thing.”

1.?What?do?we?know?about?Tao?Luqi？

A.?He?is?a?doctoral?tutor?and?professor.

B.?He?is?a?researcher?and?vice?director.

C.?He?invented?a?smart?wearable?device?alone.

D.?He?is?a?PhD?student?at?Chongqing?University.

2.?Which?of?the?following?statements?is?RIGHT?about?the?smart?wearable?device？

A.?It?has?soundproof?abilities.

B.?It?can?produce?thermoacoustic?effects.

C.?It?can?make?the?deaf?mute?people?s?throat?vibrate.

D.?It?allows?people?with?speaking?disabilities?to?communicate?normally.

3.?What?does?the?underlined?word?“fellowship”?in?paragraph?5?refer?to？

A.?An?award?of?money.

B.?A?feeling?of?friendship.

C.?An?organized?group?of?people.

D.?The?position?of?being?a?senior?member.

4.?What?is?Tao?s?attitude?to?studying?graphene?devices?in?the?future？

A.?Skeptical.

B.?Critical.

C.?Optimistic.

D.?Indifferent.

Ⅰ.?Difficult?sentence?in?the?text

Since?he?was?given?a?research?fellowship?at?Chongqing?University?in?October?2018，?Tao?has?been?studying?graphene?devices?that?can?sense?various?environmental?information，?such?as?temperature?and?humidity?and?converts?the?information?into?electrical?signals.?自2018年10月獲得重慶大學的研究生獎學金以來，陶一直在研究石墨烯設(shè)備，這些設(shè)備可以感知各種環(huán)境信息，如溫度和濕度，并將這些信息轉(zhuǎn)換為電信號。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。Since?he?was?given?a?research?fellowship...是時間狀語從句，Tao?has?been?studying?graphene?devices...是主句，that?can?sense...是限制性定語從句，關(guān)系代詞that指代先行詞graphene?devices，在從句中作主語。

Ⅱ.?Text?centered?chunks

continue?with?sth?繼續(xù)做某事

under?the?guidance?of?在……的指導下

enable?sb?to?do?sth?使某人有能力做某事