unit5：To Lie or Not to Lie – The Doctor’s Dilemma.pptVIP

Unit 5 To Lie or Not to Lie – The Doctor’s Dilemma 2012-4 1. dilemma n. — a difficult choice to be made between two possibilities The doctor’s dilemma was whether he should tell his patient the truth or not. Mary was in a dilemma about whether to go to the party or stay at home to prepare for the next week’s exams. He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to go back to his hometown. ???Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients --- to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? 为了病人的利益比如为了使病人加快恢复健康或者为了向他们隐瞒死亡临近的消息，医生应该撒谎吗？ 2. benefit v. 1) do good to (sb.); be good for (sb.) The new policy will benefit the majority of the people. 2) gain advantage (from sth.) She benefited from her friends’ advice. Export will benefit from the fall in the exchange rate. Note: benefit vi. benefit from: 从…中受益 e.g. These small businesses have benefited from the fall in interest rates. beneficial a. benefit n. 利益，好处，有益 for the benefit of: 为了… profit n. 一般指金钱 Recovery：恢复, 痊愈, 防御 recover v. 恢复，痊愈； recoverable adj. 可重新获得的，可找回的。 ---ry 名词后缀，表示 ①行为状态、情况性质； rivalry 竞争；outlawry 逍遥法外； artistry 艺术性； gentry 绅士阶级； ②…学、术、行业； forestry林业学；dentistry 牙医术；carpentry 木工业；machinery机械类; ③场所，工作处，library; bakery面包店; laundry 洗衣房；dormitory 宿舍； 【典型考题】 She made a quick ______ from her illness and was soon back . A. decision B. recovery C. change D. promise 【考点提示】 beyond (past) recovery 病入膏肓 / make recovery 恢复，痊愈 / recover room 手术后特别病房 / on recovery from ones disease 痊愈时。 3. conceal vt. — hide, keep …secret Don’t try to conceal anything from me. I know the whole thing inside out. I knew at once the doctor was concealing something from me. He concealed his debts from his wife. 【考点】conceal…from 对……隐瞒 近义词：hide，mask， keep dark； 反义词：reveal，disclose。 con-前缀，表示： ①共同意义： 如：concolorous 同色的；contemporary 同时代的； connatural先天的； concord和谐；concourse 合流； Confederate 同盟者，共谋者； ②加强或引申意义： conclude 结束；consolidate 巩固；concentrate 集中专心；condense 浓缩；confute 驳倒 the requireme