At $6,000, the average cost of a hip replacement is only a thousandth the cost of what it supposedly took to implant a bionic arm, eye, and two legs on the fictional “The Six Million Dollar Man” in the popular mid-1970’s TV show. Of course, hip replacement patients don’t get super-human speed, strength, and vision – at least not yet.
髋部更换手术的平均费用是6千美元，这只是七十年代中期流行电视片“身价六百万”中植入仿生胳膊、眼睛以及两条腿费用的十分之一。当然，髋部更换病人并不会有超人的速度、力量和视力，至少目前还没有。如果环法自行车赛官员认为他们现在的麻烦是类固醇，那就再等五年再看吧。