A:Marco,what do you wanna talk today?Marco,今天你想谈点儿什么?

B:Drew,I was reading a book about euthanasia last night.And I am a bit confused.Drew,我昨晚看了一本儿关于安乐死的书。我有点儿困惑了。

A:What did the book say?书里写了什么?

B:What is in the book is not important,I ws wondering what you think of it.写了什么不重要。我想知道你是怎么想的。

A:Me?You know. I’ve never thought about it,This is like such a big question.我?你知道我可从来没想过这个问题。这问题可够大的。

B:No,no.Drew. I’m serious,Think about it. I know death is just part of life, I mean should a doctor leave patients lying there in beds,watching them suffer from throes,or give them some medicines to let them die?不Drew.我是认真的，想一下。我知道死亡是生存的一部分，我是说医生是应该把病人留在床上，看他们受苦，还是应该给他们点儿药，让他们死呢?

A:I don’t know. I’m not a doctor.我不知道。我又不是医生。

B:What would you do if you were a doctor?如果你是医生的话你会怎么办?

A:Well. I guess one of a doctor’s duties is to prevent suffering and sometimes killing is the only way to do it.我想医生的职责之一就是不让病人受苦，有些时候让他们反而对病人来说是种解脱

B;killing?让他们死?

A:I mean there should be 2 kinds of euthanasia ,passive and active.我是说应该有主动和被动两种安乐死。

B:What’s the distinction between them?这两者有什么分别吗?

A:Active is like killing,which sounds a little controversial.And passive is like letting die.If a patient has some kind of living-will,on which it says he does not want his life prolonged.Then the doctor could practice mercy-killing.主动安乐死有点儿象谋杀，存在很大的争议。被动安乐死就是让病人自己选择死，如果病人生前立了遗嘱，不想延续生命的话。那么医生们就可以执行安乐死。

B:You’ve got a point there.有道理

A:Marco,Can we just not talk about this?My girl friend is coming here in 2 hours. I don’t wanna give her a mercy-killing face.Marco,咱们能不能不谈这个。我女朋友两个钟头以后来。我可不想给她看安乐死的脸

B:Sorry,buddy. I’ll let you go.你去约会吧。Have a good date.抱歉。

A:Ok.Bye bye.再见

Attention Please…特别提醒

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[1]euthansia安乐死。它的另一种说法是mercy-killing。安乐死历来就是一个容易引起争议的问题[cojtroersial question]。你不妨用英语跟老外们聊聊这个问题。

[2]是遗嘱的意思。是病人的一种书面说明。生命日后在无望康复是要求不采取医疗手段延续生命。

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