13．For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition.
對于居住于達爾文現年54歲的肺癌患者利奧德·尼克森來說，這個法案意味著他可以平靜地生活下去，而無需整天懼怕即將來臨的苦難：因呼吸困難而在煎熬中痛苦地死去。

14．Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation to control their pain if that might hasten death”.
蒙特非奧里醫療中心主任南希·道布勒認為，這項原則將保護一些醫生，他們直到現在還堅持說，在大量藥物可能加速病人死亡的情況下，他們總不能給病人開足夠的藥來幫助他們止痛。
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15．The great interest in exceptional children shown in public education over the past three decades indicates the strong feeling in our society that all citizens, whatever their special conditions, deserve the opportunity to fully develop their capabilities.
過去三十年中，社會對特殊兒童接受普通教育的極大關注表明其強烈主張，任何公民，無論其個人條件如何，都應該得到充分發揮其潛能的機會。

16．But many shippers complain that for heavy bulk commodities traveling long distances, such as coal, chemicals, and grain, trucking is too costly and the railroads therefore have them by the throat.
但許多客戶卻抱怨說，對于長途運輸的大宗貨物來說，如煤炭，化學制品和糧食，公路運輸成本太高，因此鐵路公司就會掐他們的脖子。

17．The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC----including ordinary listeners and viewers----to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
該爭論是由政府發起的，它邀請所有對BBC持有見解的人——包括普通聽眾和觀眾——評說它的優劣，甚至討論它有沒有繼續存在的必要。

18．Astrophysicists working with ground based detectors at the South Pole and balloon borne instruments are closing in on such structures, and may report their findings soon.
天體物理學家使用南極陸基探測器和球載儀器，正在越來越近地觀測這些云系，也許不久會報告他們的觀測結果。