out of shape, high cost of insurance → fitness program, reduce the cost
b比较:被要求参加健身项目的人的医疗花费将会比不被要求参加健身项目的人的医疗花费高。无论被要求的和不被要求的这两种人谁的花费更高,都不影响参加健身项目可以节省医疗费用这个方案,即,只要参加之后比之前医疗费用下降了,就算作方案可行。
Melville portrayed such experiences because he believed these best enabled him to explore moral questions, an exploration he assumed was the ultimate purpose of fiction.
intended meaning:
1.ruined structure was probably a church
2.indicated by several things