郭庆民-超越概念泛读Unit_Sixteen（修改版）.pptVIP

14. persistent vegetative state, condition of patients with severe brain damage who were in a coma, but then progressed to a state of wakefulness without detectable awareness. It is called so after four weeks in a Vegetative State (VS). 持续性植物状态 15. life support, therapy or device designed to preserve someones life when an essential bodily system is not doing so. 生命维持（系统） 16. feeding tube, medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot obtain nutrition by swallowing. 鼻饲管 17. sift through: examine all parts of something 细查；体验 18. emerge from: come to the end of a difficult e