1. pay for sth 为---付款
2. Parliament 议会 Congress 国会
3. patient → sufferer 患者、victim
文章中引申为病人：subject = volunteer = participant
4. approve/ pass a bill 批准了一个法案
supporters of the bill = critics of these settlements
5. settle a dispute 解决一项争端 settlement 解决、处理
6. socialist market economy = market economy with socialist characteristics = market economy characterized socialism 社会主义市场经济
7. regulator 监管人员、监管机构
8. trademark 商标 patent 专利
branded drug 有商标的药品
unbranded drug
9. infringe on 侵犯sth
infringe on one s patent 侵犯专利
terminate the patent 终止这个专利
dying/ terminally ill patient 快要死的病人
10. s advantage/ disadvantage 对某人有利/ 不利的是
11. expire 到期
12. bolder 鲁莽、大胆
13. hasten 加速
14. under = according to
15. *a sizeable portion of Chinese 相当大比例的中国人
16. attack sb as
17. But some observers are skeptical critics also argue that ---
18. challenge the validity/ authority of sth 质疑sth 的有效性/ 权威
19. the problem with (doing) sth is --- 做sth所存在的问题是--- Eg：problem with worshiping/ chasing stars blindly is ---
盲目追星所存在的问题是---
20. For Apple, Iphone is an obvious product after the intense popularity of Ipod.
21. accessible 可得到的、可接近的 access
22. render 使（书面语）= make
23. likewise 同样的
furthermore 再者
24. hoped to…… 现在时
Eg：We hoped to help him out of trouble , but he always turns us down
我们曾经希望帮助他摆脱麻烦 但是他总是拒绝我们
We hoped to reap profits from this project and instead found heavy losses are delivering us a crushing blog.
24. cut off 切断
cut off funding 切断资金
raise funds 筹集资金