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3. A lethal injection is one which can kill the patient immediately. The author thinks that once the decision not to prolong the patients agony is made, to give him a lethal injection is the best choice. Otherwise the patient will suffer more rather than less. 4. The most painful thing to do for a surgeon is to stand by and watch a savable baby die because his very duty is to use the scalpel to fight off death. Supplementary Reading 5. Some people are opposed to all kinds of euthanasia because they believe that all people have the right to live. 6. The author believes that the reason to let the baby die is only an excuse. And the real reason is that the child has Downs syndrome because the operation is very simple. Supplementary Reading 7. No, killing someone is not morally worse than letting someone die. (An example is omitted.) 8. What the doctor does in active euthanasia is only for humane reasons. In a criminal case of killing, however, the person acts from the motive of personal gain. Thats the main difference. Supplementary Reading 9. Mercy killing and conventional euthanasia are the same thing, because in both cases the passive part the doctor plays is emphasized. 10. The attitude of AMA in its statement is contradictory. First, it forbids mercy killing, but then it goes on to deny that the cessation of treatment is the intentional termination of life. This is where the mistake is made, for the former is none other than the latter. Supplementary Reading * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * come in 3. become fashionable 流行起来 When did the short skirt first come in? 短裙是什么时候开始流行的? 4. finish a race in a particular position (比赛中)获得…名 He comes in third in the 100-meter race. 他在100米赛跑中获得第三名。 The intentional termination of life of one human being by another - mercy killing - is contrary to that for which the medical profession stands and is contrary to the policy of the American Medical Association. 划线部分为定语从句，修饰that动词短语stand for中的for位置提前。该句等于…is con