6.On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted--suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.

【詞匯突破】agony 痛苦

          despair  絕望

          prolong 延長

【主干識別】many acknowledge that +賓語從句 （many 作為代詞表示很多人，或者很多個體）

【其他成分】On another level 做狀語和in the medical community做定語；the assisted--suicide debate has been fueled by the despair of patients為賓語從句主干；

特別提示：fuel本來意思是燃料，但是這里可以理解為由于，因為，加劇的意思；

為了以后閱讀理解更透徹，可以直接把結(jié)構(gòu)

A is fueled by B 理解為：

A是結(jié)果；B是原因

例句：

China's success is fueled by the age of globlization.

【微觀解析】in part賓語從句中的狀語，for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.定語從句修飾patients; 定語從句還原為一個獨(dú)立的句子就是：Modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying for them. 這個句子中的them 和前面句子中的patients 為相同名詞，因此在這里作者將其寫成了一個定語從句，但是在翻譯的時候是要分譯的。

這句話在定語從句的前世和今生：

       suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients.

       The modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying for them.

(兩個句子中出現(xiàn)了共有的名詞patients 和 them,于是them 被換成了whom ；for whom 一并提前。)

【難點揭秘】同樣是隔離結(jié)構(gòu)在閱讀的過程中給我們帶來不舒服的感覺，in part 放到了 fueled 和 by 之間，in the medical community放到了many和acknowledge之間。

【譯文賞析】在另一個層面上，很多醫(yī)療界的人士承認(rèn)，關(guān)于醫(yī)生幫助下的自殺的討論，部分是因為病人的絕望情緒，對病人來說，現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)已經(jīng)延長了死亡的生理的痛苦。

【寫作】On another level，many in the educational establishment acknowledge that the debate on the ranking of universities  has been fueled in part by the despair of graduates for whom the discrimination brought by the ranking of university has put more obstacles on their job hunting way.