People think I'm sick for having a rat as a pet.

人们认为我养只耗子当宠物是变态。

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Some researchers have suggested that assuming the role of a sick person is one way in which certain people try to cope with stress.

一些研究人员认为，扮演病人的角色是某些人应对压力的一种方式。

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Give your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people.

把你的旧玩具或旧衣服捐给帮助生病的孩子或穷人的慈善机构吧。

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Insurers could not deny coverage to people who already have a condition, or cancel coverage if people get sick.

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What if you're talking about a group of people that don't have any cows in their vicinity, let alone a sick cow?

万一你遇到一群人,他们附近连头奶牛都没有,更不用说受病毒感染的奶牛

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All the sick people will come to you to buy life insurance and they will turn out to have a higher death rate than the population at large.

所有生病的人都会向你购买人寿险,而他们比普通人群,有着更高的死亡率

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Many people, not just a few sick people, get old, have some decline in health and die from something.

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So a pandemic that will make a lot of people sick over a long period of time is something to worry about.

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On the other hand, is it really a problem that sick people have to pay more for insurance than healthy people?

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