38. the baby boomer generation尤指第二次世界大战后1947-1961年间美国的 生育高峰期出生的那代人 39. immediate gratification眼前的满足 40. in the best interest of介词短语,意为:代表……的最大利益 41. prevail over不及物动词 prevail后可跟over或 against,意为:胜过,获胜, 占上风,eg. Reason prevailed over emotion IIL FURTHER READING Directions: Read Text B before you are engaged in the follow-up activities Text B A Vision of health Care for the Next millennium Peter hasselbacher I would like to see a system that recognizes that the health of our community as a whole is necessary for the well-being of well-being 健康 every individual in it; A future in which we adopt a funding system that has as its purpose to spread the risk of the few among the resources of the many a system that does not abandon the sick in the time of their gravest need, nor add confusion or distress at a time of A community that does not ask for any parent to choose n%y 2 physical, emotional, and financial vulnerability between food and clothing for their children or basic med ical services for themselves or for their children a system of care in which the fundamental priorit ies are set by priority Z the people who are subject to illness, not by those who profit from their care, A health care financing system in which the priorities of the ind ividual count for more than do the decisions of their employers a system in which losing ones job or ability to work does not mean the loss of access to affordable health care I see a future in which we understand that managed care38. the baby boomer generation 尤指第二次世界大战后 1947-1961 年间美国的 生育高峰期出生的那代人 39. immediate gratification 眼前的满足 40. in the best interest of 介词短语，意为：代表……的最大利益 41. prevail over 不及物动词 prevail 后可跟 over 或 against，意为：胜过，获胜， 占上风, e.g. Reason prevailed over emotion. III. FURTHER READING Directions: Read Text B before you are engaged in the follow-up activities. Text B A Vision of Health Care for the Next Millennium Peter Hasselbacher I would like to see a system that recognizes that the health of our community as a whole is necessary for the well-being of every individual in it; A future in which we adopt a funding system that has as its purpose to spread the risk of the few among the resources of the many; A system that does not abandon the sick in the time of their gravest need1 , nor2 add confusion or distress at a time of physical, emotional, and financial vulnerability; A community that does not ask for any parent to choose between food and clothing for their children or basic medical services for themselves, or for their children; A system of care in which the fundamental priorities are set by the people who are subject to3 illness, not by those who profit from their care; A health care financing system in which the priorities of the individual count for more than4 do the decisions of their employers5 ; A system in which losing one’s job or ability to work does not mean the loss of access to affordable health care. I see a future in which we understand that managed care is well-being / / n. 健康 vulnerability / / n. 劣势 priority / / n. 优先, 优先权