今天前程百利小编为大家分享的是托福听力的学习技巧。备考托福听力就要把听力文本吃透分析彻底。这样不仅能积累背景材料，还能把听力的专业词汇积累起来一块背诵。下面跟小编一起学习帕金森的笔是如何改善书写质量的吧。
Device stimulates hand muscles to counteract writing issues experienced by some people with Parkinson’s. Larry Greenemeier reports
Parkinson’s disease causes tremors or stiffness that can turn everyday tasks such as eating, brushing teeth or writing into frustrating chores.
A few years ago a company called Liftware developed forks and spoons that respond to shaking by steadying the utensil, making it easier enjoy a meal.
Now researchers at Imperial College and the Royal College of Art in London are developing a device called the ARC pen that vibrates to stimulate muscles in the hand. The vibrations could help Parkinson's patients’ handwriting—in part by counteracting what’s known as micrographia, which causes writing to be small and barely legible. Micrographia is often an early sign of Parkinson’s and afflicts about five percent of patients.
The researchers, who formed a company called Dopa Solution, have not published results but they say that 12 out of the 14 Parkinson’s sufferers testing their vibrating prototype ARC pen were able to write larger, clearer characters than they could with a normal pen.
Dopa hopes to also develop tools, brushes and even computer mice that work like their pen. Not a cure, of course, but certainly a way to help users have a more satisfying life.
疑难词汇：
Stimulate vt. 刺激;鼓舞，激励vi. 起刺激作用;起促进作用
Stiffness n. 僵硬;坚硬;不自然;顽固
Tremor n. [医] 震颤;颤动
Spoon n. 匙，勺子;一杓的量vt. 用匙舀;使成匙状vi. 轻轻向上击
Vibration n. 振动;犹豫;心灵感应
Micrographia n. 字体过小;写字过小症
长难句解析：
1. Parkinson’s disease causes tremors or stiffness that can turn everyday tasks such as eating, brushing teeth or writing into frustrating chores.
难句类型：
That引导的定语从句
句子主干：
Parkinson’s disease causes tremors or stiffness
难句拆分：
hat can turn everyday tasks such as eating, brushing teeth or writing into frustrating chores. That引导的定语从句修饰stiffness
2 The vibrations could help Parkinson's patients’ handwriting—in part by counteracting what’s known as micrographia, which causes writing to be small and barely legible.
难句类型：
定语从句+which引导的非限制性定语从句
句子主干：
The vibrations could help Parkinson's patients’ handwriting
难句拆分：
what’s known as micrographia ，定语从句，修饰counteracting
which causes writing to be small and barely legible， which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰micrographia
文本结构特点：
本篇文章主要讲的是科学家经过研究 ，发明了一种适合患有帕金森病的人用的“ARC震动笔”的装置，它可以通过振动刺激手上的肌肉，改善书写质量，
好了，以上就是前程百利小编为大家整理的备考托福听力文本的学习。大家学会了吗?希望能在备考托福的路上助大家一臂之力。预助大家取得好成绩。
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