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今日长难句

More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first became available without prescriptions last year, according to Doug Fogg, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits.（Text2. 2009）

PTK (paternity testing kit) 父子关系鉴定工具包

prescription / priˈskripʃn / n.处方；药方

over-the-counter 柜台的；场外的

kit / kit / n.成套工具；成套设备

结构分析

翻译

自去年PTK无需医师处方即可购买以来，其购买者已逾60,000人，Identigene（一家生产这种非处方工具包的公司）首席运营官道格·福格说。

预告明日长难句

Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts churches in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.（Text4. 2009）