1. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches,right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attackedthe bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turnback.

　　[參考譯文]一些機構(gòu)終于松了一口氣，但是其他一些機構(gòu)，包括教堂，倡導(dǎo)生命之權(quán)的團體和澳大利亞醫(yī)學(xué)協(xié)會，尖銳地抨擊這個法案，指責(zé)法案的通過過于匆忙。但是大勢已定，不可逆轉(zhuǎn)。

　　2. There are, of course, exceptions. Small--minded officials, rude waiters,and ill mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is anobservation made so frequently that it deserves comment.

　　[參考譯文]當(dāng)然，例外是存在的。在美國，心胸狹窄的官員，粗魯?shù)膫髡撸蜎]有禮貌的出租車司機也并不少見。然而人們常常得出這樣的觀察意見，這使得它值得被討論一下。

　　3. In Australia- where an aging population, life-extending technology andchanging community attitudes have all played their partother states are going toconsider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.

　　[參考譯文] 在澳大利亞--人口老齡化，延長壽命的技術(shù)和變化看的社會態(tài)度，這些因素都在發(fā)揮作用一一其他的州也會考慮制定相似的關(guān)于安樂死的法律。

　　4. We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances(drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable,coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.

　　[參考譯文]我們生活在一種藥品(毒品)的醫(yī)學(xué)用途和社會用途都很廣泛的社會里：一片用來止頭痛的阿斯匹林，一些用來社交的葡萄酒，早上自己提提神所喝的咖啡，一支用來定神的香煙。

　　5. Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance, with more and moreof the substance required to produce the desired effect, and then by theappearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance isdiscontinued.

　　[參考譯文]對藥品的依賴性首先表現(xiàn)為不斷增長的耐藥量，要產(chǎn)生想得到的效果所需要的藥品劑量越來越大，然后表現(xiàn)為當(dāng)停止用藥后，令人不快的停藥癥狀的出現(xiàn)。

　　6. "Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?" SenatorRobert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week. "You have sold your souls,but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?"

　　[參考譯文]上星期參議員羅博特多爾質(zhì)問時代華納公司的高級管理人員們："難道這就是你們希望能夠成就的事業(yè)?你們已經(jīng)出賣了自己的靈魂，但是難道你們還非要腐化我們的*，威脅我們的孩子們嗎?"