A New Diabetes Test – 一种新型糖尿病测试

今日英语短文 – Spa for Cats and Dogs。短文难度分为两个等级，坚持阅读，有助于英文水平的提升。

Level 1：

Australian scientists make a new diabetes test. A diabetes test checks the level of blood sugar in the body. Blood sugar gives you energy.

The scientists believe that their test is very special. It looks like a strip. The test does not hurt. It checks the blood sugar from saliva.

An enzyme is inside the strip. The enzyme turns the blood sugar into a signal. A special device reads the signal. This way to test is different from any other tests.

The test does not use any electronic devices. It uses ink. It means that it is easy to make the test. People can print it. It is fast and cheap.

重点词汇：

diabetes – 糖尿病

strip – 条状物（纸，金属等）

saliva – 唾液

enzyme – 酶

signal – 信号

device – 装置，设备

译文：

澳大利亚的科学家们发明了一种新型糖尿病测试。糖尿病测试检查体内的血糖水平。血糖可以为你提供能量。

科学家们认为他们发明的测试非常特殊。它（测试的工具）看起来就像一个条状物。测试不会造成疼痛。它通过唾液检测血糖水平。

在条状物内有一种酶。这种酶将血糖转化为一种信号。而一种特殊的设备可以读取这种信号。这种测试方法与其它任何一种测试方法都不相同。

这种测试方法无需使用任何电子设备。它使用颜料墨水。这意味着该测试很容易进行。人们可以将它打印出来，高效且费用低。

以下为进阶版，难度稍大一些，可根据能力自行阅读。

Level 2：

Australian scientists developed a new diabetes test that finds glucose in saliva. They believed that it was very exciting, and it was something that people hoped to make for a long time.

Scientists put an enzyme into a strip, and this enzyme turns glucose into a signal. A special device can read the signal, and it shows the level of glucose in the body. Scientists said that this test would change the way of making medical tests.

It is very easy and cheap to make the test because people can print it. There is no electronic device in it, and it contains only ink. The test is non-invasive, which means that it is not painful.

语言能力的提升需要积累，英语亦是如此，坚持很重要。量变到质变的过程固然辛苦，结果却是甘甜的。