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Man Gets Pig's Heart

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

A pig heart was transplanted into a human on January 7th, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, USA. Putting valves from pig hearts into humans has become common, but this is the first time that an entire pig heart has been used.

The heart came from a pig that was genetically modified. To reduce the likelihood of organ rejection, some of the pig’s genes were deactivated, and human genes were implanted. It has only been a few days, but transplant recipient, David Bennett, is doing well so far.

There are not enough available human organs for the people that need them, and because he is too unhealthy, Mr. Bennett was not going to receive one. However, Mr. Bennett wanted to continue living, and the pig heart transplant surgery was his only chance. When given this opportunity, he joked, “Well, will I oink?”

Doctors are hopeful that this medical breakthrough will solve the problem of organ shortages. In the past, attempts at animal-to-human transplants involved chimpanzees and baboons. However, because the genetic modification is now possible, and pigs are easy to raise and reach the size of human adults quickly, a lot of organs could be produced and transplanted successfully.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Transplant /trænˈsplænt/ verb לְהַשְׁתִיל

    a body part is moved from one person to another

    The transplant was successfully done.

  • Valve /vælv/ noun שסתום

    a structure in the heart that lets blood flow

    The valve in my heart has a problem.

  • Likelihood /laɪkliˌhʊd/ noun סְבִירוּת

    the chance something will happen

    The likelihood of infection is minimal.

  • Rejection /rɪˈʤɛkʃən/ noun דְחִיָה

    when a body fails to accept a new organ as part of its system

    The rejection will lead to danger.

  • Recipient /rəˈsɪpiənt/ noun מקבל

    a person that receives something

    The recipient was excited to receive the organ.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What can we do to keep our hearts healthy?
  2. How do you feel about surgery?
  3. If you were an animal, which animal would you like to be?
  4. How did you feel when you learned a pig's heart was transplanted into a human?
  5. If you had the choice of having an animal organ transplant or dying, what would you choose?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What is the passage mainly about?

  2. Why did Mr. Bennett decide to use Pig’s heart?

  3. What are the animals that were involved in human transplants in the past?

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