例252　Studies show that the seriously ill do not want to know that truth about their condition, and informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more lowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.

【结构分析】句子主干是Studies show...，后面是两个并列的宾语从句，第一个宾语从句是the seriously ill do not want to know that truth about their condition，第二个宾语从句是informing them risks destroying their hope，后面加上目的状语从句so that they may recover more lowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide。

【亮点回放】这句话的亮点在于大并列和小并列，宾语从句两个并列是大并列，而第二个宾语从句so that后面的几个动词，是小并列，属于从句的并列。

【核心词汇】

the seriously ill　得了严重疾病的人

destroy their hope　破坏他们希望

deteriorate　恶化

commit suicide　自杀

【参考译文】有研究表明，那些严重生病的人不想知道他们身体状况的真实情况，而且通知他们真实情况会破坏他们的人生希望，进而导致他们恢复缓慢，甚至病情恶化，甚至想自杀。