CRI听力:Ministry of Health to Call off Hospital Drug Markup

due to由于，因为
例句：Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。
resort to诉诸于,采取
例句：When his wife left him, he resorted to drink.
妻子离去后,他借酒消愁。

2. Liu Guo'en, a professor from Guanghua School of Management of Peking University, points out the problem with the policy.

point out指出
例句：If I make any mistakes, please point them out.
如果我出了错, 请指出来。

3. Currently, the revenues of public hospitals mainly derive from three sources: namely drug sales, medical service fees and state subsidies.

derive from由…起源
例句：He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father.
他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。

4. Statistics released by the State Council show that by 2009 drug sales accounted for up to 60 per cent of hospitals' income, while government funding covers only 10 percent of their operating costs.

account for占有，占...百分比
例句：APEC members account for more than half of the world's economic output.
亚太经合组织成员的经济总量在世界占一半以上。

5. But hospital administrators worry that state subsidies alone will not be enough to keep hospitals afloat.

keep afloat免于破产
例句：They had to sell their assets to keep the business afloat.
他们得售卖资产使企业免于负债。

6. And to make medical services affordable, Gu Xin believes they must do more than merely cut down the 15 per cent markup.

cut down减少, 降低
例句：We were for cutting down the cost of production.
我们赞成降低成本。

7. Currently, how much a patient can claim from the health insurance is based on the type of drugs used in medical treatment.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

8. Gu Xin suggests that if the insurance is offered based on the type of disease, it will limit the incentives for doctors to prescribe expensive drugs.

limit to (把…)限制在…, 局限于…
例句：Each customer is limited to four tickets.
每人限购四张票。