赖世雄中级美语听课笔记Lesson 7

Lesson 7 Doctor Death

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. They call him Doctor Death. Others say what he is doing is merciful. They call it mercy killing.

Whether Dr.Kevorkian should be allowed to continue doing this is a real problem for the government. There seem 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 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

讲解：

P: Are we talking here or do we have any purposes on the air?

B: Well, yes, we do. We are trying to teach our students how to read and understand by listening these English lessons.

P: So we are not simply chatting. In fact, we do have a plan over here. That is we want to acquaint our students with more of English.

B: Our plan is to teach English.

P: Doctor death

It sounds spooky.

B: It certainly does.

Well, in the United Stated, Halloween is a spooky night.

P: Following is an article, and has a title here "Doctor death". This article sounds a little spooky, but we will find out about this. So we'd like have Bruce read this article for us first.

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

Whether we should help very sick people end their own lives.

B: I help Mother to wash the dishes last night.

I help Mother wash the dishes last night.

P: do the dishes

wash the dishes

do the laundry

B: "laundry" means your dirty clothing. So if you wash your dirty clothes, we can say "you will do your laundry."

P: To end their own lives.

To put an end to their own lives.

Come to an end.

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

P: When the movie ended, many people were crying.

However, Dr. Kevorkian is an exception.

B: It is not English. It is, I think, from Eastern Europe.

Every rule has its exception.

P: There is an exception to every rule.

with the exception of

= except

B: With the exception of New York, Americans own cars in American cities.

Well, New York is such a big and crowded city. That having a car is very inconvenient. So most Now Yorkers do not own a car, but in another American cities, almost all Americans own their own car.

Are you free now?

Are you available?

P: Is it convenient for you to do it now?

That he has done this more than twenty times is known to everyone.

That he doesn't study makes me angry.

Some say what he is doing is immoral. So they call him Doctor Death. Others say what he is doing is merciful. They call it mercy killing. Whether Dr. Kevorkian should be allowed to continue doing this is a real problem for the government. There seem to be two sides to the argument.

Which side are you on?

I will side with you.

P: He is known to all of us.

One is known by the company he keeps.