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73 Euthanasia US Student
73 Euthanasia US Student
Euthanasia
Pre-Reading
A. Warm-Up Questions
B. Vocabulary Preview
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Euthanasia
Mini-Debates
Reading
1. The number of assisted deaths continues to increase in Britain. “I have accepted that
While many other countries and states have legalized euthanasia, my illness will rob
it is still illegal in the UK. Currently, in Britain, the maximum sentence
for helping someone commit suicide is 14 years.
me of my life, but
how it ends should
2. Dr. Hazel Biggs, a credible expert in healthcare ethics, thinks doctors
should be allowed to help terminal patients die. Dr. Biggs is trying to
be up to me.”
have a new law created that allows medical staff to help conscious, —Noel Conway,
terminally ill patients end their lives. She claims that doctors in many euthanasia advocate
countries already help patients to die, even in places where it is not
legal or regulated. Dr. Biggs wants a law created in the UK so that
patients can give voluntary consent to die and so that the practice
will be more closely controlled.
4. Although many people support a new law, the ProLife party and other
religious groups are against it. The Church of England and Roman
Catholic bishops said, “It is deeply misguided to propose a law by
which it would be legal for terminally ill people to be killed or assisted
in suicide by those caring for them, even if there are safeguards to
ensure that only the terminally ill would qualify.”
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Euthanasia
Mini-Debates
Comprehension
Discuss these questions in pairs and write the answers in your notebook.
3. Why does Dr. Biggs want to have the law created in the UK?
4. How are the doctors secretly causing the death of the terminally ill patients?
Vocabulary Review
Complete the sentences using a word from the vocabulary list on page 1.
You may need to change the word form.
2. Paying taxes is not . People have no choice, they must pay taxes.
3. Cancer is not always . Often people continue to live after having cancer.
4. Most of the time when you have an operation, you are not .
You are usually given medication that will cause you to sleep.
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Euthanasia
Mini-Debates
Discuss
Work with a partner or in small groups. Discuss the following questions.
1. Do you think that doctors should help terminally ill patients die?
Debate
Below are two topics to debate in small groups or pairs.
Your teacher will tell you if you will be debating for or against the idea.
You will have ten minutes to prepare your arguments.
Topic #1 Topic #2
Write
Choose one of the questions from the Discuss section above.
Then write a paragraph in your notebook stating your own opinion.
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Euthanasia
Mini-Debates
• That doesn’t take away from the fact that... • In my honest opinion...
• That’s beside the point. • It is my belief that...
• With all due respect... • From my experience...
• I agree with you there. • From where I look at it...
• I agree with ---- (name). • From my point of view...
• I see your point, but...
• That may be true, but...
Clarifying / Rephrasing
• We’re going to have to agree to disagree.
• I get/see where you’re coming from, but... • Let’s be clear here...
• I’m afraid I disagree entirely. • I think you misunderstood what I said.
• I’m afraid I’d have to disagree. • What I said was... (repeat a point
• I agree to some extent, but... that was misunderstood or confused)
• I disagree with you there. • What I meant to say was...
• Pardon me for disagreeing, but... (rephrase something in a way that is clearer)
• In other words...
• What I was trying to say
Interrupting / Asking to Contribute
before I was interrupted is that...
• I hate to interrupt, but...
• If I may come in here...
Summarizing / Concluding
• I’d like to add something.
• Would you like to contribute something? • So let me get this straight. You think...
• I’d like to raise a point. • To conclude...
• If I could speak for a moment... • I’d just like to summarize by saying...
• I’d like to cut in here. • Finally, I’d like to reiterate that...
• You haven’t answered my question. • It’s time to take stock of what we’ve heard today.
• Both sides have some valid points.
• The stronger argument/team today is...
Persuading
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