二、?季湫
1、范萬德爾重病在身,再也不能說清楚話,他知道他沒有康復(fù)的希望,身體狀況正在急劇 惡化。P2
Affected w ith a serious disease, van Wendal was no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there w as no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.
2、在讓自己的醫(yī)生注射最后結(jié)束生命的那一針之前,范萬德爾生命中的最后三個月被拍攝了下來,去年在荷蘭電視上首次播出。P3
Van Wendel’s last three months of life before being given a final, lethal injection by his doctor w ere filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.
3、從那時開始,已有 20 多個國家買下了這個節(jié)目,每次播放都引起了對這一話題的全國性大辯論。P3
The programme has since been bought by 20 countries and each time it is shown, it starts a nationw ide debate on the subject.
4、那些反對安樂死的人實(shí)際在告訴我,臨終者沒有這個權(quán)利。P9
What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven’t the right.
三、習(xí)題
1.詞匯英譯漢
. weaken . deteriorate .debate . legal. request . criterion . ensure . oppose tradition consideration disabled . burden vulnerable prohibition sensitive
詞組:. to debate on . to make request for be opposed to . to take … into account
2.句子英譯漢(重點(diǎn)句)
Affected w ith a serious disease, van Wendal w as no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there w as no hope of recovery and that his condition w as rapidly deteriorating.
Van Wendel’s last three months of life before being given a final, lethal injection by his doctor w ere 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 show n, it starts a nationw ide debate on the subject.
What those people w ho 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 allow s the shortening of life does make those people more vulnerable.
3.句子漢譯英 P.59
安樂死的確能解除臨終病人的痛苦。
Euthanasia can really help rid the dying patients of extreme suffering . Euthanasia does release the dying people from their suffering . 你知道不知道荷蘭是歐洲唯一允許安樂死的國家?
Do you know that the Netherlands is the only country in Europe that permits euthanasia ?
支持這一觀點(diǎn)的醫(yī)生并不意味著他們不關(guān)心病人。
Those doctors w ho support the idea never mean they don’t care about / for patients .
在第一個醫(yī)生診斷疾病之后,必須由另外一名醫(yī)生確認(rèn)病情。
After the first doctor has diagnosed the illness , a second doctor must confirm the case .
反對者認(rèn)為病人并不一定真正希望結(jié)束生命,可能請求之后另有他求。
Opponents think patients may not really w ant to end their lives, and probably there is another request behind the request .
四、歷年試題
1. The film ( show ) Cees Van Wendel ’s death w as both moving and sensitive.(99.10)
答案: showing . 考點(diǎn):showing 是現(xiàn)在分詞作定語修飾 the film .
2. Each time the programmer of Van Wendal’s last days before euthanasia w as showed on T V, it starts a nationw ide debate the subject. (99.10)
A. for
B. against
C. on
D. of
答案: C . 考點(diǎn):詞組 debate on 對… 的爭論。
3. 漢譯英:每次播放這個節(jié)目,都引起對此話題的全國性大辯論。(99.10) 答案: Each time it is shown , this program starts a nationw ide debate on the subject.
4. 漢譯英 : 據(jù)說那個病人曾要求醫(yī)生助他一死。(00.10) 答案: The patient is said to have asked the doctor to help him die.
( 或者: It is said that the patient has asked the doctor to help him die .)