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1、第三单元完成文章后而的练习并把划线部分翻译成通顺的汉语。Passage1ValetaYoung,81,aretireefromLodi,Calif.,suffersfromcongestiveheartfailureandrequiresalmostconstantmonitoring.Butshedoesn'thavetodriveanywheretogetit.Twiceadayshestepsontoaspecialelectronicscale,answersafewyesornoquestionsviapushbuttonsonasmallattachedmonit
2、orandpressesabuttonthatsendstheinformationtoanurse'sstationinSanAntonio,Texas."It'salmostadirectlinktomydoctor/saysYoung,whodescribesherselfascomputerilliteratebutsaysshehasnoproblemsusingtheequipment.Youngisnottheonlypatientwhoisdealingwithherdoctorfromadistance.Remotemonitoringisarapidlyg
3、rowingfieldinmedicaltechnology,withmorethan25firmscompetingtomeasureremotely—andtransmitbyphone,Internetorthroughtheairwaves—everythingfrompatients1heartratestohowoftentheycough.Promptedbothbytheriseinhealth-carecostsandtheincreasingcomputerizationofhealth-careequipment,doctorsareusingremot
4、emonitoringtotrackawideningvarietyofchronicdiseases.InMarch,St.FrancisUniversityinPittsburgh,Pa.,partneredwithacompanycalledBodyMediaonastudyinwhichruraldiabetespatientsusewirelessglucosemetersandarmbandsensorstomonitortheirdisease.Andlastfall，Yahoobeganofferingsubscriberstheabilitytochartt
5、heirasthmaconditionsonline、usingaPDA-sizerespiratorymonitorthatmeasureslungfunctionsinrealtimeande-mailsthedatadirectlytodoctors.Suchhomemonitoring,saysDeGeorgeDailey,aphysicianattheScrippsClinicinSanDiego,"couldsomedayreplacelessproductivewaysthatpatientstrackchangesintheirheartrate,bloods
6、ugar,lipidlevels,kidneyfunctionsandevenvision/1Dr.TimothyMoore,executivevicepresidentofAlereMedical,whichproducesthesmartscalesthatYoungandmorethan10,000otherpatientsareusing,saysthatalmostanyvitalsigncould,intheory,bemonitoredfromhome.But,hewarns,thatmightnotalwaysmakegoodmedicalsense.Head
7、visesagainstperfbirningelectrocardiogramsremotel乂forexampleandalthoughheacknowledgesthatremotemonitoringofblood-sugarlevelsanddiabeticulcersontheskinmayhaverealvalue。hepointsoutthattherearenotrulyindependentstudiesthatestablishthevalueofhometestingfordia
