时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


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                                         7. Doctor Death p.39



Whether very sick people should be helped to end their own lives is a question many people cannot answer.

However, Dr.Kevorkian is an exception. That he has done this more than twenty times is known to everyone.

Some say what he is doing is immoral 1. They call him Doctor Death. Others say what he is doing is merciful.

They call it mercy killing 2.

Whether Dr.Kevorkian should be allowed to continue doing this is a real problem for the government. Thereseem to be two sides to the argument. Which side are you on?


 


 


spooky 幽灵般的     Halloween 万圣节

to end one's own life = to put an end to one's own life

When the movie came to an end, many people were crying. 结束

I helped Mother wash(do) the dishes last night.

Every rule has its exception. = There is an exception to every rule.

With an exception ....

inconvenient 3 不方便   不说:Are you convenient?  而说:Are you free?

That he doesn't study makes me angry. 名词从句   that 不能省

mercy killing 安乐死

One is known by company he keeps. 观其友,知其人



1 immoral
adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的
  • She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
  • It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。
2 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 inconvenient
adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的
  • You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
  • Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗?
学英语单词
acidophile
alphabetism
angle crank
anti puritan
BCE(beam collimation error)
beat somebody to the punch
becket(t)
Benjamin Harrison
Bol'shoy Nimnyr
boulder ridge
brave show (of)
broken pollen sacs in vicinity of stigma
bulkhead floor plate
card punched unit
cardiographic monitor
cat whisker
central rod
Chatroulette
chrysobalanuss
Colombelles
control circuit
corrosion inhibitor
Cranineurals
crowd-funding
Cubo-Futurism
Daniel Lamberts
digit absorbe
ETX (end of text)
femto-amperes
galuteolin
glance to
good gravy
gunz
hete
horse hair probang
hurdlings
image detector
implicit subsidy
induction of labor by rivanol
infrared navigation aids
instantaneous total closure
It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Jefferson Heights
Kamogawa
Kawnglanghpu
keplerian element
keycards
krieg
leaves-of-absence
leery
Leninavan
lightest
lusophone
mace-bearers
meat cutterunloader
meat drapes
mechanus
mediastinum testis
megafog
Merry Monarch
mouse pox virus
nonroutine
Obersaxen
of ship's survey
off the peg
open end antenna
order Protura
parahydroxyamphetamine
praelectors
prus
pryeth
q.n.s.
quasi-coordinate
receiving reperforating apparatus
resonator entropy
resumptively
roadmenders
scrappe
self-propelled scraper
separation characteristic
serafim
sew
shipping route chart
slips off
standard concept
stibonium hydroxide
syndrome of phlegm-heat attacking internally
taken hold
tasmania
teletypists
temporary fund
the Met Office
Theodosia
to have a cow
transfer account
trevethin
underrun
Virinus
volquez
watch-buoy
without hurry or bustle