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Unit 7 For the past two years, I have been studying cancer survivors（幸存者） at UCLA, trying to find out why it is that some people respond much better to their treatment than do others. At first I thought that some patients did well because their illnesses were not as severe as the illnesses of others. On closer scrutiny(详细的调查，仔细的研究), however, I discovered that severity （n，严重，严格，严谨，严厉的对待）of the illness was only one of a number of factors that accounted for the difference between those who get well and those who don't. The patients I am talking about here received upon diagnosis（诊断） whatever therapy（治疗，疗法） medication（药物，药剂）, radiation（辐射，放射物）, surgery（手术） - their individual cases demanded. Yet the response to such treatments was hardly uniform. Some patients fared much better in their therapies than others. 过去的两年中，我一直在加州大学洛杉矶分校观察那些在癌症中存活的患者，想要找出为什么这些人接受治疗的效果更好。一开始我认为有些患者恢复那么好的原因是他们的病情比较轻，但是经过更仔细的观察，我发现病情的严重性只是为什么他们和其他人治疗效果不同的许多原因中的其中一个原因。我这里讨论到的病人接受了他们各自所需要的不同的治疗，像药物治疗、放射性疗法、手术等等。然而病人对于这些治疗方法的反应和效果不尽相同。一些患者接受治疗后恢复效果比其他人要好的多. What was it, then, that was different? Was there any one thing that all survivors had in common? Yes. I have found that the major characteristics of these survivors were very similar. Among the similarities are: 那么，那不同是什么?所有幸存者有什么共同点吗?是的。我发现,这些幸存者的主要特点是非常相似的。在相似之处是: ?They all had a strong will to live. 他们都有强烈的求生意愿 ?They were not panicky about their illness. 他们对他们的疾病不是那么恐慌 ?They had confidence in their ability to persevere. 他们对自己坚持下去的能力有信心 ?Despite all the forecasts to the contrary, they believed they could make it. 尽管所有的预测都是相反的，他们相信他们可以做到 ?They were capable of joyous response. 他们有能力愉快地回应 ?They were convinced that their treatment would work. 他们对他们的治疗有信心 One woman with whom I worked closely is perhaps symbolic（象征性的） of the entire group. Let's call her Annie. Her illness was diagnosed as cancer of the liver（肝）. An exploratory（v，研究，探测，勘测） operation convinced the surgeons（外科医生）that the disease was too far along to（根本不） be treated by any known