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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL Essay, Writing World</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslEssayWritingWorld/Forum9.htm</link><description>Post your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment or just read for fun.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)</generator><item><title>Re: An unusual heart operation</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnUnusualHeartOperation/gbxbr/post.htm#510102</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 22:48:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:510102</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnUnusualHeartOperation/gbxbr/post.htm#510102</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-510102.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have underlined some problem areas:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;An unusual heart operation was taking place in the &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;pale-green&lt;/span&gt; operating room at the Ohio State University Medical Center. The patient, a 62-year-old man was &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;made to sleep.&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;No one was operating on him. Instead, he was operated on by a robot. The robot&amp;#39;s three metal arms went through pencil-sized holes in the manâs chest. At the ends of the robotâs arms were small metal fingers, with turning wrists&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;. In its hands there &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;was&lt;/span&gt; a small tool, a light and a camera. The robotâs arms and fingers were controlled by Dr. Randall K. Wolf,&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt; Who&lt;/span&gt; was sitting at a computer in a corner of the operating room about 20 feet away.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The doctors &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;say, this&lt;/span&gt; kind of o&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;peration , is&lt;/span&gt; the start of what may be the biggest change in their profession&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt; since such &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;operation&lt;/span&gt; began nearly 30 years ago. âWe have big hands, so most operations need large &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;cuts.&lt;/span&gt;â said Dr. Wolf, the director of the operation at Ohio State . The robotâs thin fingers &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;was&lt;/span&gt; no longer than a small nail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;, so it could work &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;better&lt;/span&gt; .&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;At last&lt;/span&gt;, the doctor &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;say,&lt;/span&gt; most heart operation will be done by robots. Their arms are &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;put in&lt;/span&gt; through pencil-sized holes in patientsâ chests. The doctor will see the &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;pictures&lt;/span&gt; of the operation on computer screens. The doctor would not have to be in the same &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;room, &lt;/span&gt;or even the same &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;country,&lt;/span&gt; as the patient.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>An unusual heart operation</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnUnusualHeartOperation/gbmlq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:26:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:509710</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnUnusualHeartOperation/gbmlq/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-509710.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;An unusual heart operation was taking place in the pale-green operating room at the Ohio State University Medical Center. The patient, a 62-year-old man was made to sleep.. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;No one was operating on him. Instead, he was operated on by a robot. The robot&amp;#39;s three metal arms went through pencil-sized holes in the manâs chest. At the ends of the robotâs arms were small metal fingers, with turning wrists&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;. In its hands there was a small tool, a light and a camera. The robotâs arms and fingers were controlled by Dr. Randall K. Wolf, Who was sitting at a computer in a corner of the operating room about 20 feet away.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The doctors say, this kind of operation , is the start of what may be the biggest change in their profession&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt; since such operation began nearly 30 years ago. âWe have big hands, so most operations need large cuts.â said Dr. Wolf, the director of the operation at Ohio State . The robotâs thin fingers was no longer than a small nail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;, so it could work better .&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;At last, the doctor say, most heart operation will be done by robots. Their arms are put in through pencil-sized holes in patientsâ chests. The doctor will see the pictures of the operation on computer screens. The doctor would not have to be in the same room, or even the same country, as the patient.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
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