药学专业英语第16课第二部分：FDA Policeman or Teacher

Goodmorning!

Everyone!PolicemanTeacher2.FDA:PolicemanorTeacher?2.FDA:PolicemanorTeacher?

Afewyearsago,thebigthingforthe

collegeagecrowdwastodwellonthequestion,“whoamI?”大学年龄段的年轻人详述;细想whoamI?译文：几年前，对于大学年龄段的年轻人来说有一个重要问题就是不停地问“我是谁”。Notonlydopersonsundergo

suchidentitycrisesbutattimesorganizationsandagenciesalsoexperiencethistypeoftraumatic

soul-searching.n.深思;真挚的自我反省adj.创伤的身份危机v.经历whatamI?译文：不仅对个人来讲要经历这个自我鉴定的危机，有时组织和机构也要经历这种痛苦的自我反省的过程。Inanumberofrespects,thebehavioroftheFoodandDrugAdministrationhasappearedtothiswriterassuggestingthatitissimilarlyuncertainastoitsproperroleorfunction.whatisit?n.方面;敬意译文：在许多方面，FDA的行为都让笔者觉得它的任务和功能是很不明确的。v.暗示Inparticular,theAgencyhasoftenactedambivalentandwaveringasithasmovedbackandforthbetweenatleasttwodistinctlydifferentroles:namely,thatofapoliceofficerandthatofateacher.No,

IamateacherNo,

I’mapoliceofficeradj.自相矛盾的adj.犹豫不决的译文：尤其，FDA经常行为模棱两可而且摇摆不定，经常在警察和老师这两个不同的角色间前后摇摆。Bylaw,theFDAhasresponsibilitytooverseethepurity,quality,identity,safety,usefulness,andrelatedcharacteristicsofthenation’sfood,drug,andcosmeticsupply.

YourresponsibilityistooverseeBalabalabala…Asabove.Soga!译文：从法律上来讲，FDA负责监督国内食品，药品和化妆品的纯度、质量、品质、安全、用途和相关性状。Withthislegalmandate,theAgencyisclearlyaregulatorybodyandmustoperateinamannertoassure

compliance.

You’rearegulatorybodyandmustassuretheircompliance.Areukiddingme?Thistaskissoarduous!n.授权;命令监察机构n.顺从;服从vt.保证;担保译文：在这种法律授权下，FDA是一个明确的管理机构，并且在某种程度上必须保证执法。Butcompliance

itselfcanbeachievedbyatleasttwodifferentroutes.译文：但是执法本身可以遵循至少两条不同的方法。n.顺从;服从n.路线;航线Thereis,ofcourse,thatofclosesupervisionandmonitoringcombinedwithvariousenforcementmeasures.n.监督,管理n.强制措施n.监控,监视译文：当然，可以是严密的监督和检查，结合各种强制措施。However,torelysolelyonthisapproachwouldvirtually

necessitateoneFDAagentforeachpersonbeingmonitored—clearlyanunrealisticsystem.译文：然而，仅仅依靠这种方法，实质上就需要为每个被监督者都配备一名FDA官员—显然这是不切实际的。adv.事实上,几乎adv.单独地vt.迫使Thissameproblemisencounteredinotheraspectsofday-to-dayliving;forexample,adherencetotrafficregulationsandpaymentofincometaxes.v.遇到，曾遭遇遵守译文：同样的问题在日常生活的其他方面也是存在的，举例来说，遵守交通规则和缴纳所得税。所得税Bothofthesesystemsbasicallyrelyonvoluntarycompliancebythegeneralpublic,coupledwithspotchecksofdrivingspeedandsamplingoftaxreturnsforauditing.纳税申报单抽查n.取样,抽样译文：这两样基本上都依靠公众自觉遵守，并结合驾驶速度抽检和缴税抽检审计。n.审计Similarly,theFDAmustprimarilyrelyonthevoluntarycomplianceofthosewhooperatewithintheprofessionsandindustriesthatareresponsiblefortheproductsoverwhichtheFDAhasjurisdiction.译文：同样的，FDA也必须主要依靠人们的自觉遵守，这些人在生成FDA管辖范围内产品的专门机构和工厂工作。vt.操作,经营n.管辖权n.首先,主要地Thisvoluntarycomplianceisencouragedbyaparallelprogramofregulatoryenforcementviaproductsampling,batchtesting

marketplacesurveys,plantinspections,andsoo