Arighttodie讲义.pptVIP

A Right to Die Paragraph eight 郭永坤 周 航 丁增千 李 强 There is no real prospect for a change of the law in England, although a prestigious pro-euthanasia lobby has been operathing there for half a century. 在英国要求安乐死在法律中合法化仍然是不可能地，尽管一久负盛名的赞成安乐死的团体半个世纪以来一直在为此奋斗。 1、prestigious [prest?d??s] adj. 享有声望的, 声望很高的 2、lobby [lɑb? /l?b-] n. 大厅; 游说议员者; 休息室 v. 游说议员; 经常出入休息室; 游说 3、operathing [?p?re?t??] v. 操作（operate的ing形式）；动手术 adj. 操作的；[外科] 外科手术的 Active euthanasia remains a criminal act and so does aiding a suicide. 积极的安乐死依然是种犯罪行为，“协助自杀”也是如此。 aid [e?d] n. 帮助, 援助, 救助; 助手; 帮助者; 有辅助作用的事物 v. 帮助, 救助, 支援; 有助于; 帮助 As recently as 1984 , a social worker named Helen Charlette Hough was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for providing poison to a lonely 83-year-old woman suffering from severe back pains,as well as incipient deafness and blindness. 最近在1984年，一名叫Helen Charlette Hough的义工被判入狱九个月，因为他给一位83岁的孤独、患有严重的背部疾病并且从小就耳聋眼瞎的妇女提供了用来自尽的毒药。 1、sentence [ sentns /sent?ns] n. 句子; 课刑; 判决, 宣判; 命题 v. 宣判; 使遭受; 判决 2、imprisonment [?mpr?z(?)nm(?)nt] n. 监禁; 限止; 关押; 禁锢 3、incipient [?ns?p??nt] adj. 起初的, 初期的, 发端的 A year later , a very moderate amendment to the British Suicide Act, introduced in the House of Lords, was quickly voted down after one de-bate, in which Baroness Macleod described it as a license to kill. 一年后，英国自杀案的一项温和的修正案在提到上议院的第一轮辩论中就被迅速否决了，在辩论中Baroness Macleod把它描述为“谋杀许可证”。 1、moderate [mɑdr?t /m?d-] n. 温和主义者, 稳健派 v. 节制, 使缓和, 使稳定; 变温和; 静息; 变弱; 主持会议 adj. 适度的, 中等的, 稳健的 2、amendment [?mendm?nt] n. 改正, 改善, 改良; 修正案