Unit 4. Life or Death

Unit4 LifeorDeath Euthanasia Pre readingquestions Tobeornottobe thatisthequestion Hamlet sdilemmaaboutlifeanddeath Aharddecisiontomake Pre readingquestions Whatshallwedowhenlifeisnothingbutathoroughphysicaltorture Dowehavetherighttodiewhenlifeisworsethandeath Shallweperformmercykillingwhentheysuffertoomuchpain Releventbackgroundinformation Abouteuthanasia thewordoriginatedfromtheGreeklanguage eu good andthanasia deathNowitreferstomercykilling orintentionallyendingthelifeofsomeonewhoishopelesslysickorinjuredinordertosavethemfromsuffering Euthanasiaisacomplexissuewithmanyunderlyingtheological sociological religiousandmoralaspects Itisheavily Releventbackgroundinformation ThePhilDonahueShow AUStalkshow namedafteritshost PhilDonahuewasoneoftheoriginatorsofthedaytimetalkshowformat featuringpaneldiscussionsofcontroversialsocialissues celebrityguests andaudienceparticipation HeistherecipientofNationalAcademyofTelevisionArtsandSciences LifetimeAchievementAward Releventbackgroundinformation PlayGod Itmeansifanyoneadvocatesthemercykillingor assistedsuicide ofthosewhoaresufferingandinneedofhishelp heisbelievedtoplayGodwithhisownlifeorthelivesofothers resuscitationapparatus 复苏器 抢救仪 呼吸器cardiacresuscitationapparatus 心脏复苏装置macho m t u adj 大男子气概的n 强壮男子 大丈夫 复数machos Forexample adolescentstendtoexaggeratemale femaledifferences withboystryinghardtobemachoandgirlstryingequallyhardtobefeminine 举例来说 青少年倾向于夸大男女之别 因此男性致力于拥有男子气概 女性努力于培养女孩气息 bowel肠bladder膀胱haggard h d adj 憔悴的 野性的 消瘦的n 野鹰CodeBlue紧急救命 日本电视剧名 蓝色代码 病毒名 saliva唾液drool流口水lucid lu sid a 明白易懂的 清晰的 头脑清楚的crumble kr mbl v 崩溃 弄碎 减亡 CheckyourvocabularyA resuscitatemachowittytransformationwasteawaysuctionupholsterylucidriddlebandcradleprolong CheckyourvocabularyB lucidpallormutteredcradledriddleclutchdroolsmedicationresuscitateprolonged ReadingTwo CheckyourcomprehensionB 1 Thedoctorturneddownmyrequestofdiscontinuingthelife supportingservicesandsaidthatsomedayIwouldunderstandtherequestwasnotwise 2 Somecanandhavecitedmyexperiencetoarguethatitisunwisetogranttherequestofacriticallyillpersonwhowantstodiscontinuealllife supportingservicesanddie 3 IwasscaredthatIwouldsufferfromanotherheartattackorstrokeandmakemyfamilyandfriendssufferwhattheysufferedduringmyfirstattack 4 However itisunnecessaryandveryupsettingtomakemyfamilysufferagainforaperiodoftimewhenIamdying orevenworse whenIremainalivebutturntoavegetable 5 Inaway myviewsreflecttherealityofthoseoldandsickpeoplewho unfortunately survived butarenowparalyzed CheckyourvocabularyA Lucid abletothinkclearly Hewasn tverylucid hecouldn tevenrecognizehisownson Rigirous strictandthoroughThedoctoradoptedarigoroussystemofbloodanalysistoidentifythepresenceofthevirus Warrant besureaboutsthI llwarrantwewon tseehimagain CheckyourvocabularyA Infirm weakorillShemovedheraging infirmfatherintoanursinghome Envisage imagineHehadneverenvisagedspendingthewholeofhislife timeteaching Deem considerHesaidhewouldneversupporttheuseofforceevenifthegovernmentdeemeditnecessary CheckyourvocabularyB incorporateresonancestrickenspellcomatosesenilityposterityposthumously ReadingThree CheckyourvocabularyA pinned unabletomove fasten fixterminal incurable destination finalstoptrot ride experience busyonone sfeetrage fury continueviolentlyraisedcheeringup Checkyourvocabular