大学英语自学教程 下册 un03

[00:00.00]Unit 3   text A   Euthanasia: For and Against
[00:03.84]安乐死:支持还是反对?
[00:07.68]"We mustn't 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 that's also difficult.
[00:15.60]呼吸也很困难.
[00:17.87]Those muscles are weakening too...we mustn't 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 Wendel's 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 to this,
[02:11.42]除此之外,
[02:13.04]a second doctor nust confirm that these critenia have been met
[02:16.42]除此之外,必须有第二位医生证实这些标准已达到,
[02:19.81]and the death must be reported to the police department.
[02:22.63]并且死亡要向警察觉部门报告.
[02:25.45]should doctors be allowed to take the lives of others?
[02:28.27]可以允许医生剥夺别人的生命吗?
[02:31.09]Dr.Wilfred van Oijen,Ce Wilfred van Oijen,Cees van Wendel's doctor,
[02:33.98]齐思.范.万德尔的医生,威尔弗雷德.范.奥仁大夫
[02:36.87]explains how he looks at the question:
[02:39.05]谈了他对这个问题的看法:
[02:41.23]"Well,it's not as if I'm planning to murder a crowd of people with a machine gun.
[02:45.25]"噢,情况并不像我在计划用机关枪杀一大群人似的.
[02:49.27]In that case,killing is the worst thing I can imagine.
[02:52.00]若是那样,那就是杀人,是我所能想象的最残忍的杀人.
[02:54.73]But that's entirely different from my work as a doctor.
[02:57.41]但那完全不同于我作为一个医生的工作,
[03:00.09]I care for people and I try to ensure that they don't suffer too much.
[03:04.02]我照顾人们并且尽力保证他们不受太大的痛苦.
[03:07.95]That's a very different thing."
[03:09.69]那是大不一样的事情."
[03:11.43]Many people,though,arc totally against the practice of euthanasia
[03:14.10]然而,许多人完全反对实行安乐死.
[03:16.78]Dr.Andrew Ferguson,Chairman of the organisation Healthcare Opposed to Euthanasia,
[03:20.31]反安乐死保健组织的主席安德鲁.福格森医生说:
[03:23.83]says that "in the vast' majority of euthanasia cases,
[03:26.67]"在大多数安乐死的病例中,
[03:29.50]what the patient is actually asking for is something else.
[03:32.62]患者实际要求的是另一回事.
[03:35.75]They may rant a health professional
[03:37.82]他们可能需要一位健康专家