如果作為考點，cap在考試文章中肯定不能理解為“帽子”。那麼它又會是什麼意思呢？今天的文章選自于《基督教科學箴言報》（2017年3月），涉及一個重要的話題，即“平價醫療法案”（the Affordable Care Act）。

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(1) The Affordable Care Act has many flaws, to the point where it may be unsustainable in some parts of the US.

(2) Not all states chose to sign up for its expanded Medicaid coverage.

(3) But it introduced many insurance reforms that remain popular, such as requiring coverage of people with preexisting conditions, its prohibition of lifetime payout caps, and allowing adult children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26.

(4) It extended coverage to some 27 million Americans.

【解詞】

the Affordable Care Act 平價醫療法案

flaw n. 缺陷

to the point ... 達到這樣的程度

unsustainable a. 不能維持的

to sign up for 注冊，選課；報名參加

to expand v. （1）擴張 （2）詳述

Medicaid coverage 醫療保險；保險支付範圍

to introduce v. 提出

preexisting a. 先前存在

prohibition n. 禁止

payout n. 支出； 花費

cap n. 上限

【解句】

第（3）句But it introduced many insurance reforms that remain popular, such as requiring coverage of people with preexisting conditions, its prohibition of lifetime payout caps, and allowing adult children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26.

（1）句子的主幹為 But it introduced many insurance reforms（主謂賓）。

（2）之後連詞that引導定語從句that remains popular修飾reforms.

（3）之後such as A, B and C部分修飾reforms.

（4）A = requiring coverage of people with preexisting conditions，介詞with preexisting conditions修飾coverage.

（5）B = its prohibition of lifetime payout caps名詞短語。

（6）C = allowing adult children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26。

【譯文】

（1）“平價醫療法案”有許多缺陷，在美國某些地方已經到達了無法維持的程度。

——The Affordable Care Act has many flaws, to the point where it may be unsustainable in some parts of the US.

（2）并非所有的州都選擇參與該法案的擴展“醫療保險”。

——Not all states chose to sign up for its expanded Medicaid coverage.

（3）但是，該法案提出了許多仍受歡迎的保險改革，比如要求承保滿足原先條件的人們、禁止終身支出的上線額度以及允許年輕人在26歲前維持在父母的保險下。

—— But it introduced many insurance reforms that remain popular, such as requiring coverage of people with preexisting conditions, its prohibition of lifetime payout caps, and allowing adult children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26.

（4）該法案把範圍擴大到約2700萬美國人。

——It extended coverage to some 27 million Americans.

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