【Native Speaker每日综合训练—44系列】【44-02】文史哲 Assisted Suicide

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Brittany Maynard, a young American women, was diagnosed brain cancer. She choosed to receive a assisted suicide to die with dignity. Someone think that she can not do this, while someone think it is her right. Whatever, she choose to die in her home on November 1st. she hopes to be accompany by her family, be less painful.

SuperAva

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This passage illustrate a trend that in the USA people are pay more attention to death with dignity by a story of head cancer patient.

越狱LV

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Fifteen years ago, he advocated the assisted suicide. Now he used this law to end his life after diagnosed the serious disease half year ago. The most difficult part was to make the decision. But when had this choice, he didn't fear the death.

2.02:13.89
The legalisation appears to be acceptable for the individual, but it is cruel for the society and puts many people at the risk of immense harm. Assisted suicide is the cheapest way for a terminal illness, which was seriously criticised.

3. 03:08.29
Some risks of diseases are not worth the assisted suicide because the patients don't have pains but they don’t want to burden their families. We should strive for better options to address the fear and uncertainty.

4. 02:57.56
A 10- hour lasting debate about legalising the assisted dying took place in Britain. The bishops disagreed about the legalisation.

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The lord addressed that the patients with a terminal disease would wish wish to die with independence and dignity.

6. 03:48.45
The bill was passed to the third passage, but there were still many debates about it. Paradoxically, aid in death has more to do with living than with dying.

TVXQashley

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obstacle 8'55
14/11/03

JoooyTong

Speed
[Time 2] 3:10  more people will be significantly harmed if assisted suicide is legal
[Time 3] 3:48  High risk of heir or caregiver problems. People may steer someone towards assisted suicide.
[Time 4] 4:17  Disagreement.People can learn a lot from the recent discussion in the UK.
[Time 5] 2:35  Celebrities support the bill that people have the right to end their lives.
[Time 6]3:37  The Bill contravenes fundamental beliefs in the human life,and it is cruel for the people who is in periods of greatest difficulty. Objectively, such debate has more to do with living than with dying.
Obstacle
A normal woman who has cancer has been supplied by her physician with drugs that will enable her to end her own life at a time of her choosing.The public pay attention to her through television and magazine interviews.She was suffered from the disease and  set November 1st as the intended date of her demise. Such decision invoked large debate about physician’s assistance.  

油桃F

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Goodwin used assisted suicide law to end his life. Introduction of his life. He didn't want to die. He died with the assistance of his doctor. The law is legal in some states. That's a hard decision.  Having the right to control his life made Goodwin die without fear.

[Time 2] 2'45
The author didn't support the legislation of assisted suicide. She thought the benefit is for individual and it would have an impact on health care system.

[Time 3] 3'23
The risk of assisted suicide is significant. Expensive costs for treatment is another reason why people choose assisted suicide.

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[Time 6]
British Parliament took a debate about death with dignity. The number of people who support this idea is similar to those who oppose it.  

Obstacle
Brittany is an ordinary girl but she attracted the public because she received death with dignity. There are lots of people undergoing physician-assisted suicide and the median age of them is the seventies. Death With Dignity law results in a debate and shows the failure of American health-care system. In the end, the author suggests that people have rights to choose.

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Speaker
Peter got a disease, which affected muscle, speech and balance.
People can use the law to stop his life right,and such a law called assisted suicide, which makes people not die inevitably
Peter said that control his death makes him do not fear anymore.
Time2 2'13
prognosis 预后，预知
coercion 威压，高压政治，强制
The author has faced many people who have to face serious diseases or disability, however, it is not correct to make assisted suicide legal.
First of all, not each one has families, friends or support system.
Secondly, because the assisted suicide is much cheaper than whole therapy process, some people are forced to choose assisted suicide, instead of helping them to live.
Time3 2'56
palliative 缓和剂，辩解；缓和的，掩饰的，可斟酌的
Besides, some people who are heirs may use this law to make the patients die, and no one will know in the end.Meanwhile, some people who have suffered depression for a long time may be forced to use lethal drugs directly. No safeguard does protect any victim.
All in all, one thing is clear: any benefit that awarded from so-called assisted suicide will not pay for the risks of this dangerous public policy.
Time4 2'53
bishop 主教
The debate about whether should make assisted suicide legal is vehemently, and only 5 states of US do not punish doctors who prescribe lethal drugs to make patients die.
However, most people believe that it will bring risks and danger to whole society, if such an action become legal.
Time5 2'07
affront 冒犯，公开侮辱
Some celebrities announced that disabled people or the people who suffered serios diseases should have rights to end their life.
Lord Falconer also said that people who choose to end their life are dued to dignity and loose of independence, not because of they afraid of pain.
Time6 3'04
Assisted suicide will have much finicial incentive for thaking of life.
Obstacle 8'07
scintillate 发出火花，闪烁
diaper 尿布
main idea: The story of Brittany Maynard makes people reconsider the assisted suicide.
Maynard chose to die with the help of doctor, and her choice became an public discussion, which made many citiziens and experts to criticise.
However, thise woman did die as the way she wished in the end, and people should rethink what we really want in their life and how to render the consummation of life.

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油桃F 发表于 2014-11-2 21:56
Part II: Speed

The danger of assisted suicide laws

time 2: 2:37
though the author has sympathy for Brittany's situation, she think legalization of assistant suicide may have a compound effect.
time 3: 2:23
It is very hard to safeguard and protect people of terminal illness if assisted suicide becomes legal.
time 4: 2:55
Debate of Britain's house of Lords inclined the idea "death with dignity".
time 5: 3:07
British public reacted to the pre debating sentiment. Many people voiced.
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The parliament passed the second reading for this law and moving the to the next stage.  

洋芋1109

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time 2: The legalization of assisted suicide can be acceptable when the focus is solely on individual, but doing so to the whole society can bring in many problems, which means that aimed at saving money health care may prefer many patients accepting assisted suicide to receiving the continual treatment.
3'27
time 3: Although there exists a controversy about the assisted suicide, the author is not approved of the assisted suicide because its potential risks mainly concerning the fact that if the assisted suicide were implemented, there would lots of people forced to lose lives without their consent.
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time 4: The debate concerning with the assisted suicide took place in the Britain's House of Lord, having the intention to solve one of the urgent social issues for people. LC supported the legalization of the assisted suicide, while BC and AC disagreed with the idea, holding the belief that the bill will result in much death out of premature decisions.
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time 5: DT and SW were totally backing the bill in support of the assisted suicide because they contended that dying at no cost is superior to living under the great pain of indignity and dependence.
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time 6: Although the bill in support of the assisted suicide have been passed through the House of Lords under the fierce debate, the problem is far from being worked out. The author hopes that every country can achieve a national conservation about the assisted suicide issue.
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time 7: The passage mainly talks that M suffering from a severe disease decided to have the assisted suicide and she claimed that the assisted suicide should be implemented widely all over the States. Many people choose to the assisted suicide nowadays because of the claim of M.