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2002年第4篇第12句 The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.
词汇:
hospice//n. 临终休养所;救济院
therapy//n. 治疗,疗法
bill//v. 开账单;宣布
assess//v. 评估;核算金额
结构:
The profession is taking steps (主干)//to require young doctors to train in hospices(第一个并列的to不定式), //to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies(第二个并列不定式), //to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care(第三个并列不定式), //and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life(第四个并列不定式,做状语).
译文:
医疗行业正在采取措施,要求年轻医生去晚期病人休养所培训;测试各种大胆的镇痛疗法方面的知识;为住院护理制定医保收费标准;同时还建立新标准来评估并处理病人弥留之际的痛苦。