第十四篇 Sex change surgery guidelines drafted

　　China is set to 1 its first clinical guideline on .sex-change surgery, according to a notice put on the website of the Ministry of Health yesterday.

　　The ministry is now soliciting public and professional opinions on the draft guideline. The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardize sex reassignment surgery, part of a treatment for gender identity disorder in transsexuals.

　　Experts 2 nearly 2,000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100,000 to 400,000 are still considering it. However, no official number is available. In the draft, the MOH sets 3 criteria for both surgical candidates and medical institutions.

　　Candidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single, the draft guideline said. They are also required to prove a persistent desire for a sex change, to live for at least five consecutive years full-time in the new gender role, and to engage 4 mental therapy for at least one year.

　　Before surgery can take place, a candidate must receive a recommendation for the operation from a 5 after an appropriate series of therapy sessions.

　　Also, several legal requirements 6 be met before the procedure.

　　The candidate must provide proof from police that he or she has does not have any criminal offenses in the past.

　　Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity card of the 7 receiver before the operation can, take 8 .

　　The advent of such a guideline 9 to show that the government is concerned _ 10 the needs of a relatively small 11 of people who want to change sex.

　　But doctors also warn that all stakeholders, including the hospital and prospective receivers, should be highly cautious about this surgery.

　　The operation is more than a medical procedure due 12 its huge social and legal consequences. Doctors should make it clear to those 13 sex-change surgeries that the option always remains to continue to live in the original role. The guideline requires surgeons to tell patients about other options 14 hormone therapy. They are also required to explain the risks involved, and underlying social barriers including discrimination, and administrative recognition and approval.

　　For the candidates, the surgery itself is not the big issue 15 the long run. The real issue is the kind of life he or she will have to lead afterward.

　　詞匯：

　　solicit v. 請求

　　reassignment n. 再分配

　　transsexual n. 變性者

　　stakeholder n. 利益相關(guān)者

　　練習：

　　1. A) issue B) provide C) withdraw D) bring about

　　2. A) boast B) estimate C) blame D) offer

　　3. A) maximum B) minimum C) less D) few

　　4. A) in B) into C) on D) onto

　　5. A) physicist B) chemist C) psychologist D) geologist

　　6. A) can B) must C) may D) cannot

　　7. A) respective B) prospect C) expecting D) prospective

　　8. A) position B) location C) place D) scene

　　9. A) believes B) is believed C) is believing D) believed

　　10. A) about B) with C) around D) of

　　11. A) numeral B) figure C) digit D) number

　　12. A) in B) with C) to D) into

　　13. A) seek B) seeking C) sought D) have sought

　　14. A) as B) such that C) as such D) such as

　　15. A) in B) on C) under D) blow

　　答案與題解：

　　1.A issue 在這里作動詞使用時，表示發(fā)行、頒布的意思。withdraw 表示取回、收回，bring back 表示恢復。因此，issue 符合題意。

　　2.B 四個選項填入后得出的句子在句法和語義上都成立，但最佳答案是estimate,因為對于無法準確測量的數(shù)字專家只能做出估測。

　　3.B 根據(jù)上下文的意義，衛(wèi)生部提出的應該是最低標準。

　　4.A engage in 是一個固定詞組，表示從事或者參與某項工作或者活動。

　　5.C 這四個選項分別表示物理學家、化學家、心理學家和地質(zhì)學家，根據(jù)上下文的意思來看，只有得到心理學家的許可是最合理的。

　　6.B 法律或者法規(guī)中的條文和要求是必須遵守的，因此必須用must。

　　7.D prospective 表示未來的、將來的，respective 表示各自的、分別的，prospect是動詞，表示期待，這幾個詞詞形相近，容易混淆。

　　8.C take place 是固定的短語搭配，表示發(fā)生、進行、舉行的意思。

　　9.B be believed to 表示確信。

　　10.A concerned about 指憂慮、擔心，而concerned with 是指關(guān)心、感興趣。

　　11.D a number of 是一個固定短語，表示若干、不少的意思，用在可數(shù)名詞前。

　　12.C due to 引入原因，表示因為、由于。

　　13. B 在本句中，用seek 的現(xiàn)在分詞形式充當名詞的定語，意為尋求變性手術(shù)的那些人。其他三個選項都是動詞的限定形式，都是可以單獨充當謂語的，因此不符合要求。

　　14.D such as 用于舉例說明的場合，as 表示像一樣，后面跟謂詞短語，as such 強調(diào)某事的程度或者結(jié)果，表示如此以致。

　　15.A in the long Fun 是固定搭配，表示從長遠的觀點來看、最終。

　　第十四篇 Sex change surgery guidelines drafted

　　China is set to 1 its first clinical guideline on .sex-change surgery, according to a notice put on the website of the Ministry of Health yesterday.

　　The ministry is now soliciting public and professional opinions on the draft guideline. The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardize sex reassignment surgery, part of a treatment for gender identity disorder in transsexuals.

　　Experts 2 nearly 2,000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100,000 to 400,000 are still considering it. However, no official number is available. In the draft, the MOH sets 3 criteria for both surgical candidates and medical institutions.

　　Candidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single, the draft guideline said. They are also required to prove a persistent desire for a sex change, to live for at least five consecutive years full-time in the new gender role, and to engage 4 mental therapy for at least one year.

　　Before surgery can take place, a candidate must receive a recommendation for the operation from a 5 after an appropriate series of therapy sessions.

　　Also, several legal requirements 6 be met before the procedure.

　　The candidate must provide proof from police that he or she has does not have any criminal offenses in the past.

　　Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity card of the 7 receiver before the operation can, take 8 .

　　The advent of such a guideline 9 to show that the government is concerned _ 10 the needs of a relatively small 11 of people who want to change sex.

　　But doctors also warn that all stakeholders, including the hospital and prospective receivers, should be highly cautious about this surgery.

　　The operation is more than a medical procedure due 12 its huge social and legal consequences. Doctors should make it clear to those 13 sex-change surgeries that the option always remains to continue to live in the original role. The guideline requires surgeons to tell patients about other options 14 hormone therapy. They are also required to explain the risks involved, and underlying social barriers including discrimination, and administrative recognition and approval.

　　For the candidates, the surgery itself is not the big issue 15 the long run. The real issue is the kind of life he or she will have to lead afterward.

　　詞匯：

　　solicit v. 請求

　　reassignment n. 再分配

　　transsexual n. 變性者

　　stakeholder n. 利益相關(guān)者

　　練習：

　　1. A) issue B) provide C) withdraw D) bring about

　　2. A) boast B) estimate C) blame D) offer

　　3. A) maximum B) minimum C) less D) few

　　4. A) in B) into C) on D) onto

　　5. A) physicist B) chemist C) psychologist D) geologist

　　6. A) can B) must C) may D) cannot

　　7. A) respective B) prospect C) expecting D) prospective

　　8. A) position B) location C) place D) scene

　　9. A) believes B) is believed C) is believing D) believed

　　10. A) about B) with C) around D) of

　　11. A) numeral B) figure C) digit D) number

　　12. A) in B) with C) to D) into

　　13. A) seek B) seeking C) sought D) have sought

　　14. A) as B) such that C) as such D) such as

　　15. A) in B) on C) under D) blow

　　答案與題解：

　　1.A issue 在這里作動詞使用時，表示發(fā)行、頒布的意思。withdraw 表示取回、收回，bring back 表示恢復。因此，issue 符合題意。

　　2.B 四個選項填入后得出的句子在句法和語義上都成立，但最佳答案是estimate,因為對于無法準確測量的數(shù)字專家只能做出估測。

　　3.B 根據(jù)上下文的意義，衛(wèi)生部提出的應該是最低標準。

　　4.A engage in 是一個固定詞組，表示從事或者參與某項工作或者活動。

　　5.C 這四個選項分別表示物理學家、化學家、心理學家和地質(zhì)學家，根據(jù)上下文的意思來看，只有得到心理學家的許可是最合理的。

　　6.B 法律或者法規(guī)中的條文和要求是必須遵守的，因此必須用must。

　　7.D prospective 表示未來的、將來的，respective 表示各自的、分別的，prospect是動詞，表示期待，這幾個詞詞形相近，容易混淆。

　　8.C take place 是固定的短語搭配，表示發(fā)生、進行、舉行的意思。

　　9.B be believed to 表示確信。

　　10.A concerned about 指憂慮、擔心，而concerned with 是指關(guān)心、感興趣。

　　11.D a number of 是一個固定短語，表示若干、不少的意思，用在可數(shù)名詞前。

　　12.C due to 引入原因，表示因為、由于。

　　13. B 在本句中，用seek 的現(xiàn)在分詞形式充當名詞的定語，意為尋求變性手術(shù)的那些人。其他三個選項都是動詞的限定形式，都是可以單獨充當謂語的，因此不符合要求。

　　14.D such as 用于舉例說明的場合，as 表示像一樣，后面跟謂詞短語，as such 強調(diào)某事的程度或者結(jié)果，表示如此以致。

　　15.A in the long Fun 是固定搭配，表示從長遠的觀點來看、最終。