1. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was there, but he paid no attention to her and the night noises of the hospital — the banging of an oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff exchanging greetings, the cries and moans and breathing
    每次护士进来，海军陆战队队员都坐在那儿。可对于护士的进出、医院晚上的各种响动 ， 氧气瓶的撞击声、值夜班的医生护士打招呼时的笑声、其他病人的哭喊、呻吟和呼吸声，他都视若不见、充耳不闻。

2. Without warning, her shallow breathing stops, and within a few moments, the faint pulse is also gone.
    没有一点先兆，她那细弱的呼吸就停止了。几秒钟后，微弱的脉搏也消失了。

3. Taking a rest in the mountains is very curative for breathing difficulties.
    在山上休息对治疗呼吸困难非常有功效。

4. The tube assists breathing, but patients say it feels like a fire running through their throat and hurts more than having their chest cut open.
    导管帮助病人呼吸，但病人说感觉它就像一把火烧过喉咙，比开胸还难受。

5. The team — six doctors, three nurses, three breathing specialists, two drug experts and a manager — studied the situation and came up with improvements that earned the team a special award for quality improvement.
    这个由六名医生、三名护士、三名呼吸系统专家、两名药物专家和一名负责人组成的小组研究了当时的情况，并作出了改进，这些改进为该小组赢得了一项质量改进特别奖。

6. The team, led by a manager of breathing care, called the process "surgery light" because patients are kept just barely asleep rather than out cold.
    小组由一位呼吸治疗方面的负责人带领，他们称此疗程为"轻度手术"，因为病人保持半睡眠状态而不是完全昏迷。

7. They spent six weeks educating everyone about the changes and winning the cooperation of doctors, nurses and breathing specialists — all of whom had grown comfortable with the old procedure.
    他们用了6周时间来向人们解释改变的意义，来赢得医生、护士和呼吸系统专家的合作——所有这些人都安于旧的治疗程序。

8. Now, all there was left with him was a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little breath of genuine life, such as he was breathing now.
    而现在他只求能生存，只是偶尔才体验到一丝真正的生活的气息，就像此刻。

9. In the total silence, I feel my own pulse quicken and hear my breathing as it begins to match hers, breath for uneven breath.
    在一片寂静中，我感觉自己的脉搏加快了，我听到自己的呼吸开始伴随着她那不均匀的呼吸一起一落。