2010年考研经典短文背诵:第22期

范文：
　　
The picture depicts a big lion standing before a gate named “medicine circulation”. In his mouth, he is swallowing “sales commission”. We can easily deduce that the picture describes the phenomenon of sales commission in the field of medicine.
　　
As a matter of fact, this phenomenon has become a serious problem in current society. It can be said with certainty that it is an “open secret” that most hospitals and doctors accept sales commissions. Sales commissions work as a bridge between hospitals and pharmaceutical factories or agents. To some degree, both sides reach an agreement, from which both sides benefit a lot from these deals. Yet the patients become the innocent victims. There is no denying that the sales commission is directly responsible for the general high price of medicine, which makes some patients even unable to afford to see doctors.
　　
Sales commission is like a huge tumor of the society. The government has already taken pains to implement regulations but still fails to eliminate such deals. In my opinion, this problem should be urgently solved so as to protect patients’ benefits. I expect the government will put forward more effective propositions as soon as possible.
　
　
译文：
　　
这幅图描绘了一头巨大的狮子在一座写着“药品流通”的大门前怒吼，十分令人生畏。它的嘴里吞下了“回扣”两个大字。我们可以很容易地从这幅图中联想到在药品交易领域的回扣现象。
　　
实际上，这种现象在现代社会中已经变得越来越严重。毫无疑问，大多数医院和医生都在收取回扣，这是一个公开的秘密。其中有很多原因，但是我认为最重要的原因在于回扣已经成为了联系医院和制药厂以及代理商之间的桥梁。在某种程度上，双方达成了一种共识，因而他们都可以从这些交易中捞到好处。但是病人们却变成了无辜的受害者。我们更不能否认回扣使得药品价格居高不下，导致很多病人看不起医生。
　　
回扣现象是我们这个社会的一个巨大毒瘤。政府已经努力采取了一些规定，但仍然没能阻止这些交易的发生。我认为，这个问题需要得到尽快解决，以保障病人的利益。我希望政府尽快采取更加有效的措施。