醫(yī)學(xué)英語教程-生物醫(yī)學(xué)：Unit 9 EBM or MBM

Unit9

Evidence-basedMedicineorMarketing-basedMedicine?PartI.Background（seenotesinthetextbook）AstraZeneca:aBritishmultinationalpharmaceuticalandbiologicscompanyheadquarteredinLondon,UnitedKingdom,alsotheworld'sseventh-largestpharmaceuticalcompanymeasuredbyrevenueswithoperationsinover100countries. 阿斯利康制藥有限公司Eli-Lilly:apharmaceuticalfirmwithheadquartersinIndianapolis,Indiana,USA.美國禮來制藥公司(精神類藥物的最大廠家，曾生產(chǎn)過首批青霉素和人類胰島素)Pfizer:theworld'slargestresearch-basedpharmaceuticalsfirm.Itsbest-knownprescriptionproductsincludecholesterol-loweringLipitor,painmanagementdrugsCelebrexandLyrica,pneumoniavaccinePrevnar,anderectiledysfunctiontreatmentViagra,aswellasarthritisdrugEnbrel,depressiontreatmentEffexor,andhigh-blood-pressuretherapyNorvasc.ConsumerhealthproductsincludesuchleadingbrandsasAdvil,Centrum,andRobitussin.PfizeralsosellsPromilandPromisebabyformulaandkeepsPfluffyandPfidoinmindwithitsanimalhealthproducts,includingRevolution(antiparasitic)andConvenia(anti-infective).輝瑞制藥有限公司是一家擁有150多年歷史的以研發(fā)為基礎(chǔ)的跨國制藥公司。迄今輝瑞有8種藥品全球年銷量超過10億美元，它們分別是：立普妥、絡(luò)活喜、西樂葆、萬艾可、大扶康、希舒美、健豪寧和左洛復(fù)。McScience–atermRichardHortoninventedtocriticizethecommercialexploitationofscience.Hequotesanotherauthor’sviewthatuniversitieshavebecomelittlemorethaninstrumentsofwealth,andthatthetraditionalnormsofdisinterestedinquiryandfreeexpressionofopinionhavebeengivenupinordertoharvestnewandmuch-neededrevenues.(Mac-,Mc-:Gaelicprefixmeaning“sonof”)PartIINewWordsPara1tactics['t?ktiks]n.Thetacticsneedstoshiftuponthatoftheenemy.Tacticsdiffersfromstrategy.戰(zhàn)術(shù)有別于戰(zhàn)略Forfearofbeinghomeless,thefarmerresortedtosomedesperatetacticstoprotecthishouse.hit–toarriveorappearin,on,orat Thenewshitthefrontpagethismorning.Para2SMHS--TheSydneyMorningHerald(SMH)Beatsb:beamysteryorincomprehensibletosbThisbeatsme!(infml.)Itbeatsmehowhegotthejob.defeatorfrustratesb,asaproblemtobesolved:Itbeatsmehowtogethertounderstand.Para2Splash:Thenewspaperssplashedthestoryallovertheirfrontpages.各報都在頭版全版以顯眼的方式刊登了這個故事Theblogwritersplashedupontheaffairstomakehimselffamous.Para4suppress[s?'pres]v.1.toputdownbyforceorauthority鎮(zhèn)壓;壓制suppressanuprising2controlandrefrainfromshowing;封鎖Atnotimedidtheytrytopersuademetosuppresstheinformation.他們從未試圖勸我封鎖這個消息tosuppressdataPara5Exhort:tryhardtopersuadeorencouragethemtodoKennedyexhortedhislistenerstoturnawayfromviolence.肯尼迪勸告他的聽眾要遠離暴力。Heexhortedhiscompanions,“Trytoaccomplishyouraimwithdiligence.”他勉勵他的同伴們，“嘗試靠勤奮來實現(xiàn)目標?！盤ara6distort[dis't?:t]v.扭曲；使失真；曲解;變形1.makefalsebymutilationoraddition;asofamessageorstory2.twistandpressoutofshape3.affectasinthoughtorfeeling4.altertheshapeof(something)bystresspassfor/as—beidentified,regarded,accepted,ormistakenforsomeoneorsomethingelse;asbydenyingone'sownancestryorbackground被當作Hecouldpassashistwinbrother.ShepassedasaWhitewomaneventhoughher grandfatherwasBlack.Children'stoygunsnowlooksorealisticthattheycanoftenpassfortherealthing.ItisdoubtfulwhetherTed,evenwithhisfluentFrench,passedforoneofthelocals.讓人存疑的是特德——即使法語說得很流利——能否被人當作一名當?shù)厝恕?/p>

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