We all want to buy that new piece of technology, treat ourselves to an expensive night on the town, or take out a loan for the flashy car we can't afford.

我们都想要拥有最新最昂贵的技术产品，奢侈地享受某个夜晚，或者用贷款购买一辆无法负担的豪华轿车。

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A rural doctor gave a young child the first prescription to treat asthma that his mother could afford.

农村医生为幼儿开出他妈妈承担得起的药方，治疗哮喘。

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Even if they were not, it would still complain that it could not afford a regular supply of chlorine to treat its water.

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However, health activists and aid groups counter that Indian generics are a lifesaver for patients in poor countries who cannot afford Western prices to treat diseases such as cancer, malaria and HIV.

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Several months ago, a leading doctor in the Northern Health Trust told the BBC that the local health service is bracing itself for a tsunami of obesity-related diseases, which the economy cannot afford to treat.

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