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al procedure he has created for a rare and potentially deadly eye cancer called retinoblastoma, they can see. The technique Dr. Abramson pioneered is called ophthalmic artery chemosurgery(OAC), and it involves delivering one fifth of a teaspoon of chemotherapy to a blood vessel in the eye. In the past, if the cancer didn’ t respond well to thenavailable treatments, survival required removing the cancerous eyeif the parents would allow that. Throughout Asia and Africa, says Dr. Abramson,parents whose children have been diagnosed with retinoblastoma will often choose to let their children die with their eyes intact(完好無缺 )rather than live without them. “ This was a transformational change in our field,” says Dr. Abramson, who began using the technique in 2021.“ Overnight, we went from taking out children’ s eyes to not taking out children’ s eyes.” OAC is now performed in 45 countries, where it allows doctors to save 95 percent of eyes with retinoblastoma. But there’ s an aspect of OAC that Dr. Abramson doesn’ t talk about much, even though it is as inspirational as the technique itself. He won’ t make a dime off OAC, because he refused to patent it. Pursuing a patent, he feared, would have meant keeping the technique under wraps for a long period of time while the paperwork was approved by the U. S. Trademark and Patent Office. In the meantime, untold numbers of children would have suffered and perhaps died. By not patenting, Dr. Abramson chose to give up the profits.“ I want people to know that when I endorse(認可 )something, it’ s from my scientific heart, not because I had any financial benefit,” he says.“ And eventually, our goal was to help children. Our driving force in this was not to make money.” 28. What does this text mainly talk about? A. Abramson’ s application for his patent. B. Abramson’ s medical career and fame. C. Abramson’ s technique and medical virtue. D. Abramson’ s research process. 29. What’ s the biggest advantage of OAC? A. It could save the eye of the patient. B. It has changed people’ s health concept. C. It can save much money for patients. D. It can be easy to popularize. 30. What does the underlined part“ make a dime” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Win fame. B. Earn money. C. Get inspiration. D. Achieve success. 31. Why did Dr. Abramson refuse to patent his technique? A. To save money. B. To avoid trouble. [KS5 UKS5 UKS5 U] C. To save more life. D. To keep secret. D If you’ re planning to go on a diet, or if you suffer from serious conditions like diabetes(糖尿病 ), knowing exactly what and how much you’ re eating is essential. In this day and age, we have calorie and nutritional calculators even on our smartphones, but they act only as guides,whereas Panasonic’ s revolutionary new device, CaloRieco, actually analyzes the food on your plate and provides accurate information about in just a flew seconds. You’ ve probably used calorie calculators before, and you know that they only offer general information. For example, a calculator will tell you the average number of calories in a hamburger, but it can’ t tell you exactly how many calories are in the hamburger. The same goes for nutrients like protein or fats. And this is what makes the new CaloRieco so special. Displayed at a recent tech show, CaloRieco is a hightech device that uses light reflection technology to determine the nutritional values of almost any food and also provide accurate calorie estimates. All you have to do is put your plate in the boxshaped device and wait behveen10 and 20 seconds for it to analyze all the food on there. Once it39。s done analyzing the various ingredients in your meal, CaloRieco displays the number of calories, as well as the nutritional content on an LED display. According to Panasonic,the device is able to recognize the vast majority of foods, except soups and very dark dishes. CaloRieco can also connect to your smartphone via an app, and send all the data about analyzed foods to your handheld, so you can access it whenever you need. Panasonic