2021考研英語長難句復習（一一八）

　　

　　I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved longer, healthier lives than we have.

　?、資et there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit.

　?、贏s a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful.

　　③I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved longer, healthier lives than we have.

　?、蹵s a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people’s lives.

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　　①(論點: 總1)然而，在這樣一種追求下，社會在這方面的支出是有限的。

　?、?原因: 分1)作為一名醫(yī)生，我知道最昂貴和最激進的的措施可能是無效和痛苦的。

　?、?并列: 分2)我還知道，日本和瑞典這兩個醫(yī)療支出少得多的國家，人們的壽命更長，更健康。

　　④(建議: 總)作為一個國家，我們可能在尋求不太可能的治療方法上投資過多，而在能夠改善人們生活的較普通治療方法的研究上投資不足。