同步顯現觸發腦區
A group of brain surgeons in the United Kingdom recently performed surgery on a patient with violin music filling the operating room.
一群在英國的腦外科醫師最近進行了一場手術，當時的手術房中充滿了小提琴現場演奏的樂聲。
surgeon(n.)外科醫生surgery(n.)手術physician(n.)內科醫生perform(v.)執行=conduct=carry out
While many people might think the music was meant to ease their minds, it actually served a far more practical purpose: to ensure the operation did not impair the patient’s ability to play music.
雖然很多人會認為這個音樂是為了舒緩病房人員的情緒而奏，但其實有個更為實用的目的存在，就是確保手術的進行不會傷及這名病人演奏音樂的能力。
practical(adj.)實際的 practical experienceoperation(n.)手術、運作impair(v.)損害=damage=harm
Dagmar Turner, 53, has had a lifelong passion for playing the violin since age 10.
53歲的杜納從10歲起就對演奏小提琴抱有熱情。
During a performance in 2013, she had a seizure that revealed a tumor on the right frontal lobe of her brain.
在2013的一場演奏中，她癲癇發作，接著送醫發現在右腦的前額葉有顆腫瘤。
seizure(n.)突然發作、癲癇tumor(n.)腫瘤malignant, benign惡性、良性
Having realized that the tumor could affect the motor skills on her left-hand side, she underwent radiotherapy, but to no avail.
當她意識到這顆腫瘤會影響到她身體左半邊的動作技能，她接受了放療，但成效未果，
分詞構句once she had realizedundergo(v.)歷經=go throughavail(n.)效用、效益to no avail, be of no avail
It continued to grow and became more serious.
腫瘤持續增長並日趨嚴重。
That left Turner with no option but surgery.
杜納別無選擇只能接受手術。
but(prep.)除外
She turned to Dr. Keyoumars Ashkan, a neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital.
她向國王學院醫院的阿什坎醫師求助。
neuro-: nervesnervous system神經系統neurology(n.)神經學
Prior to the operation, his team mapped her brain using a technique called functional MRI, so that they could recognize the regions of her brain that were activated while she played the violin.
在進行手術之前，醫師團隊利用功能性核磁共振繪製杜納腦部的結構圖像，好讓他們可以識別她在拉小提琴時所會觸發的腦部區域。
prior to在…之前before, previous toMagnetic Resonance Imaging核磁共振identify(v.)識別、辨別
In the middle of the operation, the surgeons woke Turner up, and she then started to play the violin.
而在進行手術時，他們把杜納叫醒，並讓她演奏小提琴。
This allowed them to avoid the sections of her brain that were responsible for her delicate hand movements, as they removed the tumor behind a plastic sheet.
這讓醫師們在塑膠布簾後移除腫瘤時，能夠避開負責她精細手部運動的腦部區域。
delicate(adj.)精細的、脆弱的fragile(adj.)脆弱的
The surgery was successful, for which Turner was grateful.
手術很成功，而杜納也非常感激，
關代，介系詞提前grateful for the success
“He and the team at King’s went out of their way to plan the operation—from mapping my brain to planning the position I needed to be in to play,” she said.
說道：「阿什坎醫師和他的團隊特別為了我而規劃了這樣的手術，從繪製腦部圖像到規劃手術時演奏的位置都非常縝密。」
go out of one’s way特地做某事、努力做某事