时差N小时 打针有可能会无痛?(上)

From fluvaccines to tetanus boosters, injections are amust in modern medicine.

从流感疫苗到破伤风针，注射在现代医学中是不可或缺的。

But do they always have to makeyou say Ouch?

但是它们是否就一定会让你尖叫呢？

Eh,no?

嗯,不会吗？

No,indeed.If new microneedle technology is successful, we may soon have needles that inject medicine without your even knowing it.

真的不会！如果新的显微针技术成功了的话，我们将很快享受甚至你都不能意识到的药物注射。

How does this work, you ask?

你快问它是如何办到的？

How does it work?

如何办到的？

You feel things because of the nerves that are embedded¹ in your skin.

你有感觉是因为你皮肤里镶嵌的有神经。

However, the entiresurface of your skin is not covered.

然而，它却没有完全覆盖你的皮肤。

From a microscopic² viewpoint, there is plenty of spacebetween nerves where a super-tiny needle wouldn’t be felt.

在显微镜下可以看到，神经之间有很多空间，而在这里人们便感受不到微型针。

No way!

不可能！

Way! Researcher Mark Prausnitz and his coworkers at the Georgia Institute of Technology inAtlanta have already built micro-injection devices.

可能！亚特兰大乔治亚理工学院的研究人员Mark Prausnitz和他的同伴们已经研制出了微型注射器具。

1 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

2 microscopic   

adj.微小的，细微的，极小的，显微的

参考例句：

• It's impossible to read his microscopic handwriting.不可能看清他那极小的书写字迹。
• A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.植物的肺就是其叶片上微细的气孔。