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大学英语精读教程 Book 4 Unit 5
2. conceal vt. 隐瞒
e.g. She concealed her fear from the young members of the family. I knew at once that the doctor was concealing something from me. Note: conceal … from …
2. expose vt. make known揭露；暴露
ex-
: prefix向外 e.g. The newspaper exposed the activities of the secret organization. After the scandal was exposed, Mr. Johnson and his wife both committed suicide. Note: expose … to … exposure n.
9. at times: sometimes; once in a while 间或，偶尔
e.g. We have noodles for lunch at times. As my father is getting on in years, he gets very sleepy at times.
4. dwarf n. 矮子；矮小的动 (植)物
e.g. The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant’s shoulders to mount on. They are dwarfs beside Shakespeare.
16. betrayt betrayed when the President went back on his promise not to raise taxes. Who could have thought that he had betrayed his best friend to the enemy?
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Unit 5 TO LIE OR NOT TOLIE— THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMASissela BokIs it ever proper for a medical doctor to lie to his patient? Should he tell a patient he is dying? These questions seem simple enough, but it is not so simple to give a satisfactory answer to them. Now a new light is shed on them.Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients -- to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs: the need to shelter from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption or to promote the public interest.What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors deny that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least conceal the truth until after the family vacation?Doctors confront such choices often and urgently. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient's own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide. As one physician wrote: "Ours is a profession which traditionally has been guided by a precept that transcends the virtue of uttering the truth for truth's sake, and that is 'as far as possible do no harm.'"Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices that they assume will "do no harm" and may well help their patients. They may prescribe innumerable placebos, sound more encouraging than the facts warrant, and distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.But the illusory nature of the benefits such deception is meant to produce is now coming to be documented. Studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about grave illness, and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: helps them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.Not only do lies not provide the "help" hoped for by advocates of benevolent deception; they invade the autonomy of patients and render them unable to make informed choices concerning their own health, including the choice of whether to be patient in the first place. We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall patients in the course of their illness when information is denied or distorted.Dying patients especially -- who are easies to mislead and most often kept in the dark -- can then not make decisions about the end of life: about whether or not they should enter a hospital, or have surgery; about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time; about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.Lies also do harm to those who tell them: harm to their integrity and, in the long run, to their credibility. Lies hurt their colleagues as well. The suspicion of deceit undercuts the work of the many doctors who are scrupulously hones with their patients; it contributes to the spiral of lawsuits and of "defensive medicine," and thus it injures, in turn, the entire medical profession.Sharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press for answers. Patients' bills of rights require that they be informed about their condition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part, day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.There is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to be wary of professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to erode trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you."撒谎还是不撒谎——医生的难题医生可以对病人撒谎吗?医生应该告诉病人他已经病入膏肓了吗?这些问题看起来很简单，但是要给出令人满意的回答却并不那么简单。
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Unit 5 The Real Truth about LiesI1 When we start to tell a lie, we have entered a very intricate situation, as a lie often requires other lies until the whole structure of lies becomes so complex that it ensnares the liar.2 One is less inhibited from lying; his ability to make moral right and wrong judgments is dulled, and he may become less cautious against being caught.3 The most understandable and acceptable lies are those which are told for the sake to love and care at the expense of trust, according to the ethicists.I1 very important/shocking/traumatic2 avoid hurting the other’s feelings/avoid doing something that would upset the other person3 telling the truth with a favorable emphasis or slant/modifying the truth4 a course of action which can easily lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous5 under any circumstances/whatever might happenII1 supportive2 perceived3 prevarication4 astounded5 undermine6 faltered7 fibs8 volunteeredIII1) ethic n.→ ethical a.→ unethical a.伦理学是哲学的分科。
Unit 5 Janet goes to the doctor
Unit 5 Janet goes to the doctor’s一、Teaching Content：Module 2(Unit 5) Janet goes to the doctor’s二、Teaching aim：(一)、Main Task:3. Can say these words correctly: pale, checkup, first, medicine, take medicine, time, headache, tooth-ache, fever, stomacha che, pain, you’d better=you had better2. Can read the dialogue fluently and correctly.3. Can use these daily expressions in communication:A. What’s the matter?B. Take the medicine three times a day.(二)、Difficult point：1、New words of this dialogue.2、The comprehension of the dialogue of Unit 5`.3. How to express different feelings and symptoms when being ill, and ways of talking to a doctor.4. How to giving advice, especially when someone is ill.5. Can using the third person singular to describe a person’s habits and routinges.(三)、Affects:To raise the awareness of fostering healthy living habits.14、Teaching Tools:Computer, CD Rom (King Sun), projecting apparatus, the tape of the dialogue15、The time teachers need: 3 long-periods.16、Teaching Process:Items Teaching activities Learning activities PurposeLeading-in 1.Greeting2. Have Ps use the third person singular to describe a person’s habits and routines.1.Greeting2. Use the third person singular to describe a person’s habits and routines.Review the old knowledge and the old sentences.Presen-tationt’ai chi 1. Remind Ps of Janet’s illness, and tell them that she’s going to see the doctor today.2. Get Ps to predict what the doctor will do an d say.Have the Ps open the book and read the conversation and try to understand what its meaning.2. Show the CD Rom(King Sun).Let them listen and watch carefully twice, try to understand what its meaning.3. Teach the new words.pale, checkup, first, medicine, take medicine, time, headache, tooth-ache, fever, stomachache, pain, you’d better=you had betterLet them read by themselves in groups.4. Check their Pronunciation of the new words.5. The teacher read the dialogue and ask them pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.6. Let them try to read the dialogue in pairs and read the dialogue one by one. The teacher correct their pronunciation.7. Let them find out the sentences or the words which they couldn’t understand and then discuss in groups. The teacher help them.。
unit 5 To lie or not to lie—the doctor's dilemma
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兽医
Quack
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江湖游医
Definition of a White Lie
A white lie is a lie that is considered to be justified, or even praiseworthy, if it is in the interests of the person or people to whom it is told. Quite often, a doctor’s lie is thought to be a case in point.
Researchers:
(医学研究人员 医学研究人员) 医学研究人员 Those doctors often help teach future physicians in medical schools. At the same time, they use the laboratories and hospital facilities of the medical schools to conduct research programs.
1.Watch a video Q: What kind of job did they take ?
Warm-up Questions
1.Have you ever been to hospital? What did you think of the doctor’s attitude? 2.Have you ever thought of being a doctor? Why or why not? 3.Suppose you are seriously ill, do you want the doctor to tell you the truth or not? Why?
UNIT 5 To Lie or not to Lie — the Doctor’s Dilemmappt课件
My opinions
I agree the author's opinions.
Telling lies is bad for us. Regardless of their intentions of lies,the behavior of lies is not good in essence.They try to deceive others only to end up in deceiving themselves.And as the old saying goes,fire cannot be wrapped up in paper.It is impossible to keep the facts in mind forever and sooner or later they will find the truth.So we would rather tell them the facts to let them understand themselves' conditions than let them feel that they are fooled.
Works: Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life(1978
What makes lying wrong? What makes deception wrong? when it is
wrong?
This book stimulates the reader into becoming more aware of its
She was awarded the Courage of Conscience award on
unit5：To Lie or Not to Lie – The Doctor’s Dilemma
• Jack talks about his trip to China all the time (at all times) , and his friends are tired of it. 杰克总是谈论他 的中国之行，他的朋友都听厌了。
for the sake of …
1) in
【考点提示】
• lend the shelter of one's name and position to sb. 用自己的名誉地位庇位 某人 / • shelter oneself 掩护自己，替自己辩护 / under the shelter of 在……庇护下。 • take shelter; • find protection; protect • provide shelter for;
pro- 表示：before, forth, forward
• ①向前，在前 ②代理，代替 ③拥护，亲，赞成。 例如： • progress 进步; proceed 继续进行； • profound深远的；prohibit禁止 阻止； proclaim宣言 声明；prolong延长； promote升迁；pronoun代名词；propose提议 推荐；
• 【典型考题】
• She made a quick ______ from her illness and was soon back . A. decision B. recovery • C. change D. promise • • • • • 【考点提示】 beyond (past) recovery 病入膏肓 / make recovery 恢复，痊愈 / recover room 手术后特别病房 / on recovery from one's disease 痊愈时。
大学英语4 Unit5 To_Lie_or_not_to_lie
To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor’s Dilemma [diˈlemə]n.窘境，困境；进退两难Sissela BokShould doctors ever [ˈevə]adv.永远；曾经，这以前；究竟，到底；可能lie to benefit their patients- to speed recovery or to conceal [kənˈsi:l]vt.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住the approach [əˈproʊtʃ]vt.& vi.接近，走近，靠近vt.接近；着手处理；使移近；试图贿赂（或影响，疏通）n.方法；途径；接近vi.靠近of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed [dwɔ:f]n.侏儒，矮子；矮小的动物（植物）；[天]矮星vt.（使）显得矮小；使（发育，智能等）受阻碍；使相形见绌vi.变矮小adj.矮小的by greater needs: the need to shelter[ˈʃeltə]n.居所；避难所；（无家可归者或受虐待者的）收容所；遮蔽vt.掩蔽；庇护；保护vi.躲避；避难from brutal news or to uphold [ʌpˈhəuld]vt.支持；维持；赞成；支撑a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption [kəˈrʌpʃən]n.腐败，堕落；腐化，贪污；舞弊，贿赂；（文献等的）讹误or to promote the public interest.What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors deny[diˈnai]v t.拒绝；拒绝承认；拒绝……占有；否认知情that he is ill, or minimize[ˈminimaiz]v t.把……减至最低数量[程度]；对（某事物）作最低估计，极力贬低（某事物）的价值[重要性]；极度轻视the gravityˈɡræviti]n.重力；万有引力，地心引力；重要性，严重性；严肃，庄重of the prognosis [prɔgˈnəʊsɪs]n.[医]预后，判病结局；预测? Should they at least conceal the truth until after the family vacation?Doctors confront[kənˈfrʌnt]vt.面对；使面对面，使对质；碰到，遇到；比较such choices often and urgently [ˈɜ:dʒəntlɪ]adv.紧急地，急迫地. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient’s own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing [inˈfɔ:m]vt.通知；使活跃，使充满；预示vi.通知；告发them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate [diˈtiəriəreit]vt.使恶化vi.恶化，变坏faster, perhaps even commit [kəˈmit]vt.犯罪，做错事；把……托付给；保证（做某事、遵守协议或遵从安排等）；承诺，使……承担义务suicide. [ˈsjuisaid]n.自杀；自杀者；自杀行为vt.自杀vi.自杀adj.自杀的As one physician w rote: “Ours is a profession which traditionally has been guided by a percept [ˈpri:ˈsept]n.规诫，戒律，箴言that transcends trænˈsend]v t.超越，超出……的限度；优于或胜过……；高于或独立于（宇宙）而生存the virtue of uttering the truth for truth’s sake, and that is as far as possible do no harm.”Armed with such a precept,[ˈpri:ˈsept]n.规诫，戒律，箴言 a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices that they assume will “do no harm” and may well help their patients. They may prescribe innumerable placebos,[pləˈsi:bəʊz]n.（给无实际治疗需要者的）安慰剂（placebo的名词复数）；安慰物；宽心话；（试验药物用的）无效对照剂sound more encouraging than the facts warrant [ˈwɔrənt]n.授权证；许可证；正当理由；依据vt.保证，担保；授权，批准；辩解, and distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.But the illusory [ɪˈlu:səri:, -zəri:]adj.<正>貌似真实的，虚幻的；虚无缥缈nature of the benefits such deception [dɪˈsepʃən]n.瞒骗，欺诈；骗局is meant to produce is now coming to be documented.[ˈdɔkjumənt]n.（计算机）文档，证件；公文vt.证明；记录；为……提供证明Studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about grave illness, and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely] [hjuːˈmeɪnli]adv.仁慈地；人道地；富人情地；慈悲地conveyed, [kənˈveid]v.运输（convey的过去式和过去分词）；运送；输送；表达helps patients cope with illness: helps them tolerate pain better, needless medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.Not only do lies not provide the “help” hoped for by advocates of benevolent[biˈnevələnt]adj.好心肠的；与人为善的；乐善好施的；慈善的deception; they invade the autonomy[ɔ:ˈtɔnəmi]n.自治，自治权；自主权；自治国，社区，或集团等；人身自of patients and render [ˈrendə]vt.提出，开出；放弃，让与；报答；归还vi.给予补偿；熬油n.纳贡；（墙壁的）初涂，打底；（抹在墙上的）底灰；底层them unable to make informed [ɪnˈfɔ:md]adj.了解情况的；见多识广的；有情报根据的；消息灵通的v.告诉（inform的过去式和过去分词）；（inform oneself）使了解choices concerning their own health, including the choice of whether to be a patient in the first place. We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall [bɪˈfɔ:l]vt.& vi.降临到（某人）头上；发生，降临vi.降临patients in the course of their illness when information is denied and distorted.Dying patients especially- who are easiest to mislead and most often kept in the dark- can then not make decisions about the end of life: about whether or not they should enter a hospital, or to have surgery; about where and within whom they should spend their remaining time; about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.Lies also do harm to those who tell them: harm to their integrity [inˈteɡriti]n.正直，诚实；完整；[计算机]保存；健全and, in the long run, to their credibility.[ˈkredəˈbɪlɪti:]n.可靠性，可信性；确实性Lies hurt their colleagues as well. The suspicion [səsˈpiʃən]n.怀疑；嫌疑；疑心；〈口〉一点儿vt.怀疑of deceit undercuts [ˈʌndəˈkʌt]vt.（网球等）从下削球；廉价出售；较便宜的工资工作n.（网球等）下旋球；牛的）腰部肉，里脊vi.底切t he work of the many doctors who are scrupulously [ˈskruːpjələsli]adv.一丝不苟地；小心翼翼地，多顾虑地honest with their patients; contributes to the spiral [ˈspaiərəl]n.螺旋（线）；旋涡；螺旋形物；（足球运动的）旋球v.使成螺旋形；螺旋式的上升（或下降盘旋上升（或下降）adj.螺旋形的；盘旋的；盘旋上升的of lawsuits[ˈlɔ:ˈsu:t]n.诉讼；诉讼案件and of “defensive medicine,” and thus it injures, in turn, the entire medical profession.Sharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press vt.压，按；逼迫；紧抱vi.压；逼迫；重压n.强迫征兵；新闻报道，出版物；压榨；印刷机（厂）for answers. Patients’ bills of rights require that they be informed about their condition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent [ˈeləkwənt]adj.雄辩的，有口才的；有说明力的；富于表情的，逼真的；动人的bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues may disapprove [ˈdɪsəˈpru:v]vi.不赞成vt.反对，否决；持相反的意见but refrain [riˈfrein]v t.抑制，克制n.（诗歌的）叠句，副歌；经常重复的评价（或抱怨）vi.忍耐，节制from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent [riˈzent]v t.对……感到愤怒；怨恨；愤恨；厌恶having to take part, day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.There is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well,practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty there serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to be wary [ˈwɛəri]adj.谨慎的，小心翼翼的；警戒的，警惕的of professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to erode [ɪˈrəʊd]vt.& vi.侵蚀，腐蚀vi.逐渐毁坏；削弱，损害trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social s ciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “what you don’t know can’t hurt you.”。
Unit 5 To Lie or not to Lie
What is health?
WHO, or the World Health Organization(世界卫生组织）, declared that health is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease”. Obviously the goal of medicine is to maintain health. “健康不仅仅是指没有疾病或病 痛，而且是一种身体上、精神 上和社会上的完全良好状态。” 也就是说健康的人要有强壮的 体魄和乐观向上的精神状态， 并能与其所处的社会及自然环 境保持协调的关系和良好的心 理素质。
Part I Part II Line1-26 Doctors’ reasons for telling lies. Line2755 Line5671 The author’s reasons why patients should be told the truth. The author urges that an open debate be held on this issue.
Telling a lie
Pinocchio was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamed of becoming a real boy. He is known for having a long nose that becomes longer when he is under stress , especially while telling a lie.
Unit-5-TO-LIE-OR-NOT-TOLIE课文翻译大学英语四
Unit 5 TO LIE OR NOT TOLIE— THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMASissela BokIs it ever proper for a medical doctor to lie to his patient? Should he tell a patient he is dying? These questions seem simple enough, but it is not so simple to give a satisfactory answer to them. Now a new light is shed on them.Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients -- to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs: the need to shelter from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption or to promote the public interest.What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors deny that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least conceal the truth until after the family vacation?Doctors confront such choices often and urgently. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient's own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risksdestroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide. As one physician wrote: "Ours is a profession which traditionally has been guided by a precept that transcends the virtue of uttering the truth for truth's sake, and that is 'as far as possible do no harm.'"Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices that they assume will "do no harm" and may well help their patients. They may prescribe innumerable placebos, sound more encouraging than the facts warrant, and distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.But the illusory nature of the benefits such deception is meant to produce is now coming to be documented. Studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about grave illness, and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: helps them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.Not only do lies not provide the "help" hoped for by advocates of benevolent deception; they invade the autonomy of patients and render them unable to make informed choices concerning their own health, including the choice of whether to be patient in the first place. We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall patients in the course of their illness when information is denied or distorted.Dying patients especially -- who are easies to mislead and most often kept in the dark -- can then not make decisions about the end of life: about whether or notthey should enter a hospital, or have surgery; about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time; about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.Lies also do harm to those who tell them: harm to their integrity and, in the long run, to their credibility. Lies hurt their colleagues as well. The suspicion of deceit undercuts the work of the many doctors who are scrupulously hones with their patients; it contributes to the spiral of lawsuits and of "defensive medicine," and thus it injures, in turn, the entire medical profession.Sharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press for answers. Patients' bills of rights require that they be informed about their condition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part, day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.There is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to be wary of professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to erode trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you."撒谎还是不撒谎——医生的难题医生可以对病人撒谎吗?医生应该告诉病人他已经病入膏肓了吗?这些问题看起来很简单，但是要给出令人满意的回答却并不那么简单。
Unit 5 TO LIE OR NOT TOLIE课文翻译大学英语四说课讲解
Unit 5 TO LIE OR NOT TOLIE— THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMASissela BokIs it ever proper for a medical doctor to lie to his patient? Should he tell a patient he is dying? These questions seem simple enough, but it is not so simple to give a satisfactory answer to them. Now a new light is shed on them.Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients -- to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs: the need to shelter from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption or to promote the public interest.What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors deny that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least conceal the truth until after the family vacation?Doctors confront such choices often and urgently. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient's own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide. As one physician wrote: "Ours is a profession which traditionally has been guided by a precept that transcends the virtue of uttering the truth for truth's sake, and that is 'as far as possible do no harm.'"Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices that they assume will "do no harm" and may well help their patients. They may prescribe innumerable placebos, sound more encouraging than the facts warrant, and distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.But the illusory nature of the benefits such deception is meant to produce is now coming to be documented. Studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about grave illness, and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness:helps them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.Not only do lies not provide the "help" hoped for by advocates of benevolent deception; they invade the autonomy of patients and render them unable to make informed choices concerning their own health, including the choice of whether to be patient in the first place. We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall patients in the course of their illness when information is denied or distorted.Dying patients especially -- who are easies to mislead and most often kept in the dark -- can then not make decisions about the end of life: about whether or not they should enter a hospital, or have surgery; about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time; about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.Lies also do harm to those who tell them: harm to their integrity and, in the long run, to their credibility. Lies hurt their colleagues as well. The suspicion of deceit undercuts the work of the many doctors who are scrupulously hones with their patients; it contributes to the spiral of lawsuits and of "defensive medicine," and thus it injures, in turn, the entire medical profession.Sharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press for answers. Patients' bills of rights require that they be informed about their condition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part, day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.There is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to be wary of professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to erode trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you."撒谎还是不撒谎——医生的难题医生可以对病人撒谎吗?医生应该告诉病人他已经病入膏肓了吗?这些问题看起来很简单，但是要给出令人满意的回答却并不那么简单。
新应用大学英语3职场篇unit5
confront sb. with …
be confronted with
8.distort【教材】vt.歪曲
e.g. You’ve distorted what I said.
The newspaper gave a distorted account of what had happened.
9.betray【教材】vt.背叛
e.g. The public felt betrayed when the President went back on his promise not to raise taxes.
Who could have thought that he had betrayed his best friend to the enemy?
【补充】Shelter …from保护….以避免…
e.g.You must not shelter himfrom the police.你不可隐匿他而不报警
5.promote【教材】vt.促进，推进；提升
e.g. The government was criticized for not paying enough attention to environmental protection while promoting economic growth.
2)stand:与bear大致同义，多用于口语中，常以否定形式，在肯定语里具有比bear更强的正面意味，即“不屈不挠”或“经受得起”。
e.g. I can’t stand (bear) this heat.我真受不了这个热。
He successfully stood the severe test.他胜利地经受了那次严峻的考验。
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• He sheltered from the storm. • They sheltered under a tree.
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• lend the shelter of one's name and position to sb. 用自己的名誉地位庇位 某人 /
advice. • Export will benefit from the fall in the
exchange rate.
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benefit vi. benefit from: 从…中受益 e.g. These small businesses have
benefited from the fall in interest rates. beneficial a. benefit n. 利益，好处，有益 for the benefit of: 为了… profit n. 一般指金钱
• He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to go back to his hometown.
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• Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients --- to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death?
谎言不仅不能为相信善意欺骗的人提供所希望的帮助它还侵犯了病人的自主权使他们无法在明了一切的情况下作出关于他们自己健康的选择包括要不要就医这一首要问题
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II. Background information
2.Three Types of Doctors
General practitioners:
(全科医生)
They may not have special training in any particular medical field, but develops a wide knowledge of all kinds of illness.
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1.Definition of a White Lie
A white lie is a lie that is considered to be justified,or even praiseworthy,if it is in the interests of the person or people to whom it is told.Quite often,a doctor's lie is thought to be a case in point.
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Unit5Lieornottolie—Adoctorsdilemma课后练习答案
Unit5Lieornottolie—Adoctorsdilemma课后练习答案Unit 5 Lie or not to Lie—A Doctor’s DilemmaIII.1 Vocabulary Activities1. in…eyes2. brutal3. promote4. Contrary to5. Corruption6. betrayed7. brings…to a close8. risked 9. in the long run10. distorted 11. utters 12. At timesIII.2 Synonyms1. tolerance2. went to great lengths3. was rendered4. in his friends’ eyes5. concealed6. refrain from7. concerning 8. injure 9. slip into10. professional 11. invaded 12. arises13. took his leave 14. day after day 15. minimizeIII. 3 Verbal phrases1. differs from2. contributing to3. shelter from4. go on5. has slipped into6. hoping for7. refrain from 8. pressing forIII. 4 Paraphrase sentences1. Mr. Park is a strong advocate of free market policies.2. A new way to treat arthritis provides an alternative to painkillers.3. Please refrain from using such coarse language when talking to innocent young girls.4. The shock of her aunt’s death rendered her completely unable to go on working.5. As she matured politically, she became increasingly sympathetic to the cause ofcommunism.IV. Enriching Your Word Power1. –ary,-ory2. Compound adjectivespitch-black 漆黑的1) pitch a. deductible bloodthirsty 嗜血成性的2) blood b. blue airtight 密封的3) air c. conscious headstrong 任性的4) head d. worthy bone dry干透的5) bone e. thirsty sky-blue天蓝色6) sky f. tighttax-deductible免税的7) tax g. resistant newsworthy有新闻价值的8) news h. drydrug-resistant抗药的9) drug i. black class-conscious有阶级意识的10) class j. strongV. Usage1. also2. too3. Also4. too5. as well/too6. too7. also8. as well/tooVI. Structure1. Contrary to1) contrary to mine 2) contrary to the regulations3) contrary to what I thought 4) Contrary to what I thought5) Contrary to all adviceVIII. Translation1. I’m sure/convinced that the so-called informed decision will, contrary to expectations, bring out very grave consequences.2. True that he once deceived you, but he has admitted that he has done wrong and apologized. SO you shouldn’t always treat him with suspicion.3. He had already taken a stand on the issue before it was openly debated.4. In the course of the investigation, they discovered various forms of political corruptions and exposed a number of corrupt officials.5. Mary’s dilemma was whether to betray her colleagues by telling her boss the truth or to betray her boss by keeping him in the dark about it.6. Firstly, what has made you think this program will promote reforms? Secondly, how do you know these reforms will benefit the whole country?。