如果作为考点，cap在考试文章中肯定不能理解为“帽子”。那么它又会是什么意思呢？今天的文章选自于《基督教科学箴言报》（2017年3月），涉及一个重要的话题，即“平价医疗法案”（the Affordable Care Act）。【回音壁】鉴于劳动节放假，我们从4月29日修整三天，5月2日正式恢复“每日一学”。
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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.
【解词】
the Affordable Care Act 平价医疗法案
flaw n. 缺陷
to the point ... 达到这样的程度
unsustainable a. 不能维持的
to sign up for 注册，选课；报名参加
to expand v. （1）扩张 （2）详述
Medicaid coverage 医疗保险；保险支付范围
to introduce v. 提出
preexisting a. 先前存在
prohibition n. 禁止
payout n. 支出； 花费
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）句子的主干为 But it introduced many insurance reforms（主谓宾）。
（2）之后连词that引导定语从句that remains popular修饰reforms.
（3）之后such as A, B and C部分修饰reforms.
（4）A = requiring coverage of people with preexisting conditions，介词with preexisting conditions修饰coverage.
（5）B = its prohibition of lifetime payout caps名词短语。
（6）C = allowing adult children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26。
【译文】
（1）“平价医疗法案”有许多缺陷，在美国某些地方已经到达了无法维持的程度。
——The Affordable Care Act has many flaws, to the point where it may be unsustainable in some parts of the US.
（2）并非所有的州都选择参与该法案的扩展“医疗保险”。
——Not all states chose to sign up for its expanded Medicaid coverage.
（3）但是，该法案提出了许多仍受欢迎的保险改革，比如要求承保满足原先条件的人们、禁止终身支出的上线额度以及允许年轻人在26岁前维持在父母的保险下。
—— 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）该法案把范围扩大到约2700万美国人。
——It extended coverage to some 27 million Americans.
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