大学英语自学教程 下册 un04.doc

大学英语自学教程 下册 un04 [by:英语听力网||人人论坛||人人听力网][00:00.00]喜欢，就把复制到QQ个人资料中！Unit 3 text A Euthanasia: For and Against[00:03.84]安乐死:支持还是反对?[00:07.68]We mustnt delay any longer...swallowing is difficult...[00:10.50]我们再也不能耽误了...吞咽困难...[00:13.32]and breathing thats also difficult.[00:15.60]呼吸也很困难.[00:17.87]Those muscles are weakening too...we mustnt delay any longer.[00:21.29]肌肉也正在变得软弱无力...我们再也不能耽误了.[00:24.71]These were the words of Dutchman Cees van Wendel de Joode[00:28.45]这是荷兰人齐思.万德尔.德.万德[00:32.18]asking his doctorto help him die.[00:34.36]在请求他的医生帮助他死亡时说的话.[00:36.55]Affected with a serious disease,[00:38.62]因患有严重的疾病,[00:40.70]van Wendel was no longer able to speak clearly[00:43.43]范.万德尔再也不能清楚地讲话了.[00:46.16]and he knew there was no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.[00:50.48]他知道已没有康复的希望,其病情正在迅速恶化.[00:54.80]Van Wendels last three months of life[00:59.85]before being given a final,lethal injection by his doctor[01:02.98]在范.万德尔的医生给他进行最后的致死的注射前,他生命的最后三个月的生活被拍成了电影,[01:06.12]were filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.[01:09.50]并且去年在荷兰的电视上首次播映.[01:12.88]The programme has since been bought by 20 countries [01:16.06]此后,这个节目曾被20个国家购买.[01:19.23]and each time it is shown,it starts a nationwide debate on the subject.[01:22.91]每次放映,都引起一场关于这个主题的全国性的大讨论.[01:26.60]The Netherlands is the only country in Europe which permits euthanasia,[01:30.07]荷兰是欧洲惟一允许安乐死的国家,[01:33.54]although it is not technically legal there.[01:35.67]虽然在那里严格根据法律还不合法.[01:37.80]However,doctors who carry out euthanasia under strict guidelines [01:40.99]然而,在荷兰谇两年前提出的议案的指导原则下[01:44.18]introduced by the Dutch Parliament two years ago are usually not prosecuted.[01:47.86]执行安乐死的医生,通常是不会被起诉的.[01:51.54]The guidelines demand that the patient is experiencing extreme suffering[01:55.62]这些指导原则要求,患者须正在经受极度的痛苦,[01:59.69]there is no chance of a cure,[02:01.77]没有治愈的机会,[02:03.85]and that the patient has made repeated requests for euthanasia.[02:06.82]患者一再提出安乐死.[02:09.80]In addition t