1、Extensive Reading Course,For English Majors,Week 11,1,Contents,This weeks topic: Euthanasia in China,2,2,Teaching Procedure,First period: Continue with the additional task of last week Text StudySecond period: Additional Task Last Weeks Assignment This Weeks Assignment,3,I. Continue with the additio
2、nal task of last week,Opinion poll: To be or not to be Opinions about euthanasia from various sides The patient: pro vs. con The patients family: pro vs. con The doctor: pro vs. con The group of lawmakers: Make the decision as to whether to legalize euthanasia after listening to debates between the
3、above 6 groups.,4,I. Continue with the additional task of last week,Procedure of debate: Read a small passage on the pros and cons of euthanasia. Prepare for your arguments in groups for 5 minutes. The debate consists of three steps: statement (1 min); free argument (5 min); and conclusion (1 min);
4、The whole class vote for the winner group. The disadvantaged group has one more minute to tip the scales. The whole class vote again.,5,I. Continue with the additional task of last week,Suggested arguments: Patient-pro: An individual has the right to choose euthanasia; patients want to die peacefull
5、y instead of in pain; patients want to leave the medical resources to others whose disease can be cured.Patient-con: Human life is sacred; advanced medical technology has made it possible to enhance human life span and quality of life; euthanasia could be mishandled.,6,I. Continue with the additiona
6、l task of last week,Suggested arguments: Family-pro: Family members of a patient should respect his own choice if he chooses euthanasia or assisted suicide.Family-con: It is the duty of family members to encourage the patient and help him conquer his fear and depression, rather than to consider euth
7、anasia as the only way out.,7,I. Continue with the additional task of last week,Suggested arguments: Doctor-pro: When a patient chooses euthanasia, a doctor should always respect the patients own choice.Doctor-con: It is the doctors duty to cure and prolong the life span of patients.,8,II. Text Stud
8、y,Reading 1, Unit 4 A Crime of CompassionReading 4, Unit 4 When Relief Is Not Enough,9,II. Text Study: Reading 1,Answering questions: What was Mac like when he was first admitted into the hospital? What was Mac like after he was in hospital for six months? What is the purpose of the description in P
9、ar. 7? Would you do the same thing as the author did?,Comprehension,10,II. Text Study: Reading 1,Writing techniquerhetorical questions:Can you express similar meaning with a statement? Had we, the whole medical community, become so arrogant that we believed in the illusion of salvation through scien
10、ce? Had we become so self-righteous that we thought meddling in Gods work was our duty, our moral imperative, and our legal obligation? Did we really believe that we had the right to force “life” on a suffering man who had begged for the right to die?,Comprehension,11,III. Additional Task,Group disc
11、ussion (5 min): Situation 1: The patient has been a vegetable for years and there is almost no hope for recovering. Situation 2: The patient is suffering a lot, there is almost no hope for recovering, and he has been asking for euthanasia.What would you do if you were the doctor? Why? Is your decisi
12、on the same in these two cases? Why?,12,II. Text Study: Reading 4,Palliative care (姑息治疗): Medical or comfort care that reduces the severity of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. It provides relief from pain and other symptoms of illness such as fatigue, nausea, shortness o
13、f breath, and loss of appetite.Hospice care (临终关怀): Care designed to give supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure. The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each day as fu
14、lly as possible.,Background,II. Text Study: Reading 4,Religion and Euthanasia: Christianity: The official Roman Catholic (天主教) Church is against euthanasia and says it is a crime. Protestants (新教徒), on the other hand, take a more liberal view. Buddhism: There are many different views among Buddhists
15、 on the issue of euthanasia, but many are critical of the procedure.,14,Background,II. Text Study: Reading 4,Hinduism: Hindus think that, even though helping a person end a painful life may be good, it interferes with the cycle of death and rebirth. Islam: In Islam all forms of euthanasia are forbid
16、den. Shinto (神道教): In Japan more than half of all Shintoists think that you should be allowed to help a person die if they ask for it.,Background,15,II. Text Study: Reading 4,Do you know these medical terms? a state of deep unconsciousness, caused especially by severe injury or illness to revive (so
17、meone) from unconsciousness or apparent death a kind of medical treatment aimed at relieving pain without dealing with the underlying cause of a disease a disease that is predicted to lead to death, especially slowly an oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of doctors, formerly taken by th
18、ose beginning medical practice,Word Focus,coma,resuscitate,palliative care,terminal disease,Hippocratic Oath,16,III. Additional Task,Group discussion (5 min): Would the availability of palliative care reduce the requests of euthanasia? Why? Is it practical to provide every terminally ill person with
19、 palliative care in China? Why?,17,IV. Last Weeks Assignment,A real story of euthanasia in China: Work in groups and search for a striking real story about euthanasia or assisted suicide in China. Each group hands in an article next week, giving the gist of the story and also stating what each group
20、 member thinks about the story. A representative from each group will retell the story orally in class next week (you can make a PPT file if you want).,18,IV. Last Weeks Assignment,Requirement: Before reporting your story to the whole class, please come up to the blackboard and write down the four e
21、lements of the story (when, where, who, what).,IV. Last Weeks Assignment,The stories I have found: Story A: Who: (1) an old lady Zeng, who had been paralyzed for many years and didnt want to be a burden to her family anymore (2) Zengs neighbor, 76-year-old Song What: Zeng asked Song to buy some pois
22、on for her. He was very sympathetic towards her and did as she requested. Zeng died and Song was accused of murder and was sentenced to 3 years in prison.,20,IV. Last Weeks Assignment,The stories I have found: Story B: Who: (1) An old professor, who had an incurable disease and who tried to pull off
23、 the tube several times but was resuscitated (2) his children What: The professor asked his children to let him go. But they said if he died in that way, people would criticize and look down upon them. On hearing this, the professor begged no more and endured the unbearable pain for several months b
24、efore he finally died.,21,IV. Last Weeks Assignment,Group discussion: In the first story, the old lady commit suicide to avoid being a burden to her family. Do you approve of such an act? Explain. In the second story, the old professor endures pain till the last minute of his life only to satisfy hi
25、s childrens request. Do you approve of such an act? Explain. What do you think is the major difference between peoples motivation for euthanasia in the West and that in China?,22,V. This Weeks Assignment,Go over the new words we have come across in Unit 3 and Unit 4. Next time we shall have a vocabulary contest in class.Preview Reading 1 & 2 of Unit 5.,23,See you next week!,2011-04-26,24,End,
