经济学人:挽救查理:一场国家权力界限的斗争(1)

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After five months of agonising court battles, on July 24th the parents of Charlie Gard, an 11-month-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder, ended their fight to keep their son alive.
经过了五个月痛苦的法庭斗争，一个患有罕见遗传性疾病的11个月大的男孩儿-----查理加德的父母在7月24日结束了为维持他们儿子生命的战斗。

They had wanted to take him to America to receive an experimental treatment that his doctors in Britain argued was not in his interests.
他们曾想带他去美国治疗，因为他们所在的英国的医生认为这并不是他们能够解决的。

The case has raised intense debate around the world about the limits of the power of parents and the state.
这起案件引起了全世界关于父母和国家权力界限的激烈讨论。

Charlie suffers from encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, a condition that causes the body's cells and then its organs to shut down.
查理患有脑病线粒体DNA衰竭综合症，这导致了身体细胞和器官衰竭。

His doctors at Great Ormond Street hospital (GOSH) in London say that, as far as they can tell, he has no awareness.
他在伦敦大奥蒙德街医院的医生说，据他们看来，他没有意识。

Connie Yates and Chris Gard, his parents, wanted him to receive nucleoside bypass therapy, which they believed could repair his damaged DNA.
查理的父母（康妮·耶茨和克里斯·加德）希望他可以接受核苷搭桥治疗，他们认为这能修复他受损的DNA。

His doctors argued that he had suffered irreversible neurological damage and any chance of the therapy helping had passed.
医生们说查理已经遭受了不可逆的神经系统损害并且已经错过了任何治疗帮助的可能。

In April a judge, Mr Justice Nicholas Francis, ruled that GOSH could stop providing life-support treatment.
今年四月，法官尼古拉斯·弗兰西斯宣判：伦敦大奥蒙德街医院应该阻止生命支持的治疗。

The Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights each upheld the decision.
上诉法院、最高法院和欧洲人权法院都支持这个判决。

A neurologist at Columbia University, Michio Hirano, offered to carry out the experimental treatment and Charlie's parents crowd-funded 1.3m pounds ($1.7m) to pay for it.
哥伦比亚大学的神经学家平野道雄博士表示可以为孩子进行实验性治疗，查理的父母也为此筹集了130万英镑（170万美元）。

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1.comes to a close 结束

例句:No sooner did the meeting come to a close than he received a phone call from the company.
会议刚一结束，他就接到了公司的电话。

2.carry out 实施

例句:I myself will firmly carry out this plan.
我本人将坚决执行这个计划。

3.pay for 支付

例句:I have had to pay for repairs to the house.
我不得不支付房屋维修费用。

4.as far as 远至；就...而言

例句:As far as I'm concerned the officials incited the fight.
在我看来，是官员们煽动了这场争斗。

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重点单词		查看全部解释
depletion	[di'pli:ʃən]	想一想再看 n. 消耗，逐渐耗尽
experimental	[iks.peri'mentl]	想一想再看 adj. 实验(性)的，试验(性)的
disorder	[dis'ɔ:də]	想一想再看 n. 杂乱，混乱 vt. 扰乱	联想记忆 X 单词disorder 联想记忆： dis不，消失掉+order顺序→没有顺序→无秩序
therapy	['θerəpi]	想一想再看 n. 疗法，治疗
intense	[in'tens]	想一想再看 adj. 强烈的，剧烈的，热烈的	联想记忆 X 单词intense 联想记忆： in 不+tense伸展→拉到了不能在拉的地方→紧张的，强烈的
rare	[rɛə]	想一想再看 adj. 稀罕的，稀薄的，罕见的，珍贵的 ad
decision	[di'siʒən]	想一想再看 n. 决定，决策
appeal	[ə'pi:l]	想一想再看 n. 恳求，上诉，吸引力 n. 诉诸裁决	联想记忆 X 单词appeal 联想记忆： ap一再，peal＝pull拉－一再拉－吸引
syndrome	['sindrəum]	想一想再看 n. 综合症，典型表现	联想记忆 X 单词syndrome 联想记忆： syn＝same，drome一次流出－一次流出相同症状－综合症状syn＝same；drome＝drone（n 雄蜂；v 嗡嗡作声）－同样的症状嗡嗡的过来－综合症状
debate	[di'beit]	想一想再看 n. 辩论，讨论 vt. 争论，思考	联想记忆 X 单词debate 联想记忆： bate打，击－互相打击－辩论