Test 2 Reading Passage 2：Alternative Medicine in Australia
1.第1段第8行：
Americans made more visits to alternative therapists than to orthodox doctors in 1990，and each year they spend about US$12 billion on therapies that have not been scientifically tested.
译文：在1990年，有更多的美国人选择去看替代疗法专家而不是正规医生，每年他们花费在未经科学验证的医疗上的钱大约有120亿美元。
单词与词组
orthodox adj.正统的
make a visit to拜访
语法
A.and连接两个并列分句。
B.第二个分句中，that have not been...为定语从句，修饰therapies。
C.have not been...tested为现在完成时的被动语态。
2.第2段第5行：
The 550，000 consultations with alternative therapists reported in the 1990 survey represented about an eighth of the total number of consultations with medically qualified personnel covered by the survey，according to Dr Lacer and colleagues writing in the Australian Journal of Public Health in 1993.
译文：根据Lacer博士和他的同事于1993年在《澳大利亚公共健康周刊》上发表的文章来看，在1990年进行的调查中，咨询替代疗法专家的次数为550000，仅占咨询有医疗资格医生的次数的1/8。
单词与词组
consultation n.咨询
according to根据
语法
A.with alternative therapists与reported in...均为后置定语，共同修饰consultations。
B.本句的谓语为represented。
C.according to...作状语。
3.第4段第3行：
Those surveyed had experienced chronic illnesses，for which orthodox medicine had been able to provide little relief.
译文：被调查者中有的曾患有一些慢性疾病，而传统疗法对这些疾病疗效甚微。
单词与词组
chronic adj.慢性的
relief n.缓解
chronic illness慢性病
语法
for which orthodox...是非限定性定语从句，对chronic illnesses进行补充说明。
4.第6段第1行：
The survey suggested that complementary medicine is probably a better term than alternative medicine.
译文：实验结果表明，补充疗法或许是比替代疗法更好的方式。
单词与词组
suggest v.表明
complementary adj.补充的
语法
suggested之后为that引导的宾语从句。suggest在句中意为“表明”。
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