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It has been reported that there is an EpiPen shortage in Canada and Britain.
据报道，加拿大和英国出现了肾上腺素注射器短缺。
Strangely there are no shortages in the US.
奇怪的是美国却没有出现短缺。
According to Reuters.com, this may be because of the company Mylan EpiPen's sales practices in the US.
据路透社报道，这可能是迈兰公司在美国销售肾上腺素注射器导致的结果。
They wrote, quote "Mylan's EpiPen sales practices in the United States sparked public outrage in 2016 as consumers saw the price for a pack of two auto-injectors rise sixfold to $600 in less than a decade, making the device unaffordable for a growing number of families."
他们写道，“2016年，迈兰公司的肾上腺素注射器的销售实践在美国引起公愤，因为消费者发现这个一包两个的自动注射器价格在不到十年的时间里上涨了六倍也就是600美元，让越来越多的家庭无力承担。”
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词语解释
1.shortage n. 不足；缺少；短缺
例句：Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
过高的房价已经造成了穷人能够买得起的住房严重短缺。
2.outrage n. 愤怒；义愤；愤慨
例句：Reports of torture and mass executions in Serbia's detention camps have outraged the world's religious leaders.
关于塞尔维亚拘留营里动用酷刑并大肆处决的报道令全世界的宗教领袖义愤填膺。
