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注解：標(biāo)題為紅色，翻譯為藍(lán)色，分析為綠色。

? ? ? ? It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess,executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group's on-line service, Death NET.Says Hofsess:"We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn't just something that happened in Australia. It's world history."

? ? ??The full import may take a while to sink in. 【第11題】The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia-where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part——other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.【第12題】 In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.

? ? ? ? ?Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death-probably by a deadly injection or pill-to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a "cooling off"period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met.For Lloyd Nickson,a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering:a terrifying death from his breathing condition."I'm not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I'd go【第13題】, because I' ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,"he says.

一、文章結(jié)構(gòu)分析

? ? ? ? 這是一篇關(guān)于安樂(lè)死的新聞報(bào)道。文章以澳大利亞北部地區(qū)通過(guò)安樂(lè)死合法法案事件為引子，繼而報(bào)道了社會(huì)各方對(duì)該事件的反應(yīng)。論證手段包括典型事例論證。

? ? ? ? 第一段：首先敘述安樂(lè)死在澳大利亞北部合法化的事件，進(jìn)而引用加拿大死亡權(quán)力協(xié)會(huì)主席的話，說(shuō)明該事件影響深遠(yuǎn)。

? ? ? ? 第二段：指出人們充分理解這一法案的深刻意義可能需要一段時(shí)間，因?yàn)樯鐣?huì)各方對(duì)此持不同看法和態(tài)度。但是在世界其他國(guó)家頒布類似法案的潮流已無(wú)法逆轉(zhuǎn)。

? ? ? ? ?第三段：指出醫(yī)生給病人實(shí)行安樂(lè)死的具體條件和要求，列舉尼克森的事例說(shuō)明這一事件對(duì)于普通病人的意義在于可以減少痛苦。

11. From the second paragraph we learn that.

[A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries

[B] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia

[C] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law

[D] it takes time to realize the significance of the law's passage

11.從第二段我們可以知道

［A］在其他國(guó)家，對(duì)安樂(lè)死的反對(duì)緩慢而至

［B］在安樂(lè)死這一問(wèn)題上，醫(yī)生和普通市民觀點(diǎn)相同

［C］技術(shù)的變化應(yīng)該對(duì)該法案?jìng)}促地獲批準(zhǔn)負(fù)主要責(zé)任

［D］理解該法案獲批準(zhǔn)的意義尚需一段時(shí)間

12. When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means

[A] observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia

[B] similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries

[C] observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes

[D] the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop

12.作者提到“觀察家們?cè)诘却嗝字Z骨牌開始倒下”，他的含義是。

［A］觀察者對(duì)安樂(lè)死的未來(lái)持觀望態(tài)

［B］美國(guó)、加拿大和其他國(guó)家也可能批準(zhǔn)類似法律

［C］觀察者正在等待多米諾游戲的結(jié)果

［D］被批準(zhǔn)法案的影響過(guò)程也許會(huì)最終停止

13. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will.

[A] face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia

[B] experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient

[C] have an intense fear of terrible suffering

[D] undergo a cooling off period of seven days

13.當(dāng)利奧德·尼克森死的時(shí)候，他會(huì)。

［A］以安樂(lè)死的冷靜心態(tài)面對(duì)死亡

［B］經(jīng)歷肺癌病人遭受的痛苦

［C］對(duì)痛苦的折磨極其恐懼

［D］經(jīng)歷7天的冷卻階段

14. The author's attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that ofl.

[A] opposition

[B] suspicion?

[C] approval?

[D] indifference

14.作者對(duì)待安樂(lè)死的態(tài)度是

［A］反對(duì)［B］懷疑［C］贊同［D］漠不關(guān)心

二、核心詞匯與超綱詞匯

(1)vote（v.）投票，表決；（n.）選票；投票，表決；take/have a～表決

(2)incurably（adv.）不可治愈地；in-（前綴）表示“不…”；

如：innumerable無(wú)數(shù)的，數(shù)不清的；invalid無(wú)效的，作廢的；

instable不穩(wěn)定的；intact完整無(wú)缺的，未經(jīng)觸動(dòng)的，未受損傷的

(3)executive（a.）執(zhí)行的，實(shí)施的；（n.）總經(jīng)理，行政負(fù)責(zé)人

(4)physician（n.）內(nèi)科醫(yī)生

(5)implication（n.）暗示，含義；牽連；涉及；密切關(guān)系

(6)haste（n./v.）匆忙，急速，草率；in～匆忙的，草率的

(7)euthanasia（n.）安樂(lè)死

(8)putanendto...使…結(jié)束(9)diagnose（v.）診斷

(10)haunt（v.）常去；使苦惱，困擾；布滿；～ing（a.）縈繞于心的，使人不安的

三、閱讀答案：D B A C

四、全文翻譯：

? ? ? ?凌晨3：45進(jìn)行了最終表決。經(jīng)過(guò)6個(gè)月的爭(zhēng)論和最后16個(gè)小時(shí)的國(guó)會(huì)激烈辯論，澳大利亞北部地區(qū)（澳北州）成為世界上第一個(gè)合法當(dāng)局，允許醫(yī)生根據(jù)絕癥病人個(gè)人意愿來(lái)結(jié)束其生命。（長(zhǎng)難句①）這一法案以令人折服的15票對(duì)10票通過(guò)。幾乎同時(shí)，該消息就出現(xiàn)在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上，被身處地球另一端的加拿大死亡權(quán)利組織的執(zhí)行主席約翰·霍夫塞斯收到。(長(zhǎng)難句②)他便通過(guò)協(xié)會(huì)的在線服務(wù)“死亡之網(wǎng)”發(fā)了公告。他說(shuō)：“我們一整天都在發(fā)布公告，因?yàn)檫@不僅僅是發(fā)生在澳大利亞的事情，而是整個(gè)世界歷史中的一件大事。”

? ? ? ?要充分理解這一法案的深刻意義可能需要一段時(shí)間。(佳句①)澳北州晚期病人權(quán)利法使得無(wú)論是內(nèi)科醫(yī)生還是普通市民都力圖從道義和實(shí)際意義兩方面來(lái)考慮這一問(wèn)題。一些人如釋重負(fù)，而另一些人，包括教會(huì)、生命權(quán)利組織以及澳大利亞醫(yī)學(xué)會(huì)在內(nèi)都對(duì)這一決議及其倉(cāng)促的通過(guò)進(jìn)行了猛烈的抨擊。但這一潮流已無(wú)法逆轉(zhuǎn)。(佳句②)在澳大利亞，人口老齡化、延長(zhǎng)壽命技術(shù)和公眾態(tài)度的變化都發(fā)揮著各自的作用，其他國(guó)家也將考慮制定類似的法律來(lái)處理安樂(lè)死問(wèn)題。（長(zhǎng)難句③）在美國(guó)和加拿大，死亡權(quán)利運(yùn)動(dòng)正在積蓄力量，觀察家們正在等待多米諾骨牌開始倒下。(佳句③)

? ? ? ?根據(jù)澳北州所通過(guò)的這項(xiàng)新法案，成年病人可以要求安樂(lè)死—可能是通過(guò)注射致死藥劑或服用致死藥片—來(lái)結(jié)束痛苦。不過(guò)，此前病人必須由兩名醫(yī)生診斷其確實(shí)已無(wú)法治愈。在經(jīng)過(guò)7天的冷靜思考期后，病人方可簽署一份申請(qǐng)證明。48小時(shí)后，才可以滿足其安樂(lè)死的愿望。對(duì)于居住于達(dá)爾文市現(xiàn)年54歲的肺癌患者利奧德·尼克森來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)法律意味著他可以平靜地生活下去而無(wú)須整天懼怕即將來(lái)臨的苦難：因呼吸困難而在煎熬中痛苦地死去。（長(zhǎng)難句④）“從精神層面說(shuō)，我并不害怕死，但我怕的是怎樣死，因?yàn)槲以卺t(yī)院看到過(guò)病人在缺氧時(shí)苦苦掙扎，用手抓他們的面罩時(shí)的情景，”他說(shuō)。