In mouse models of the disease, researchers have discovered that signals from the spinal cord are too weak to reach the diaphragm — the muscle that controls breathing.

科研人员对患有同种模式疾病的老鼠进行的研究表明，从脊髓传来的信号太弱，到不了胸膈膜就消失了，而胸膈膜就是控制呼吸的装置。

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If Julianna Snow even gets an infection, she's likely to wind up with deadly pneumonia because her lungs are too weak to withstand coughing or hard breathing.

如果朱莉安娜发生感染，她的病情会因为肺炎而迅速恶化。因为她的肺已经无法承受咳嗽和呼吸困难的状况了。

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She started to cough and over the course of a couple of days became weak and had trouble breathing.

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The scheme is designed to protect weak links in the euro zone for the next three years, buying them the breathing space to shore up public finances, clean up banks and retool uncompetitive economies so they can grow again and pay off their debts.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne