大学英语：Affected with a serious

1、范万德尔重病在身，再也不能说清楚话，他知道他没有康复的希望，身体状况正在急剧恶化。P2

Affected with a serious disease, van Wendal was no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there was no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.

2、在让自己的医生注射最后结束生命的那一针之前，范万德尔生命中的最后三个月被拍摄了下来，去年在荷兰电视上首次播出。P3

Van Wendel’s last three months of life before being given a final, lethal injection by his doctor were filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.

3、从那时开始，已有20多个国家买下了这个节目，每次播放都引起了对这一话题的全国性大辩论。P3

The programme has since been bought by 20 countries and each time it is shown, it starts a nationwide debate on the subject.

4、那些反对安乐死的人实际在告诉我，临终者没有这个权利。P9

What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven’t the right.

3、习题

1.词汇英译汉
　　. weaken . deteriorate .debate . legal. request . criterion . ensure . oppose tradition consideration disabled . burden vulnerable prohibition sensitive
　　词组：. to debate on . to make request for be opposed to . to take … into account
　　2.句子英译汉（重点句）
　　Affected with a serious disease, van Wendal was no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there was no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.
　　Van Wendel’s last three months of life before being given a final, lethal injection by his doctor were filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.
　　The programme has since been bought by 20 countries and each time it is shown, it starts a nationwide debate on the subject.
　　What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven’t the right.
　　 The guidelines demand that the patient is experiencing extreme suffering , that there is no chance of a cure, and that the patient has made repeated requests for euthanasia .
　　I think that anything that legally allows the shortening of life does make those people more vulnerable.
　　3.句子汉译英 P.59　安乐死的确能解除临终病人的痛苦。
　　Euthanasia can really help rid the dying patients of extreme suffering .
　　Euthanasia does release the dying people from their suffering .
　　你知道不知道荷兰是欧洲唯一允许安乐死的国家?
　　Do you know that the Netherlands is the only country in Europe that permits euthanasia ?
　　支持这一观点的医生并不意味着他们不关心病人。
　　Those doctors who support the idea never mean they don’t care about / for patients .
　　在第一个医生诊断疾病之后，必须由另外一名医生确认病情。
　　After the first doctor has diagnosed the illness , a second doctor must confirm the case .
　　反对者认为病人并不一定真正希望结束生命，可能请求之后另有他求。
　　Opponents think patients may not really want to end their lives, and probably there is another request behind the request .