1、Extensive Reading Course,For English Majors,Week 10,1,Contents,This weeks topic: Life or Death Euthanasia,2,2,Teaching Procedure,First period: Mid-term Review Lead-in Text StudySecond period: Additional Task This Weeks Assignment,3,3,I. Mid-term Review,A Contest: The whole class is divided into 7 gr
2、oups. Once the teacher shows the question, the student who gives the right answer the fastest gets a point for his group. The student who answers first but who gives a wrong answer will have one point detracted from his group. The group that has the most points wins the contest and gets a prize afte
3、r class.,I. Mid-term Review,The questions: What is the punishment for spitting in Singapore? What is the name of the crime which involves the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a theft? Name at least three ways of capital punishment currently in use in the world. What is a non-fiction story?,I.
4、 Mid-term Review,Name at least four types of guns. What does the term “full metal jacket” refer to in the military? On which legal article is the National Rifle Association based on? Who invented the revolver? Name at least one of the school shootings in the U.S. Who shot ex-President Reagan of the
5、U.S.?,II. Lead-in: What do you know?,Preliminary questions: What is the meaning of “euthanasia”? As far as you know, what is the legal status of euthanasia in China? According to your understanding, why is euthanasia not widely practiced?,7,II. Lead-in: Definition,“the practice of ending a life in a
6、 manner which relieves pain and suffering” Wikipedia“a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering” House of Lords Select Committee on “Medical Ethics”,8,II. Lead-in: History,1828 - Earliest American statute explicitly outlaws assi
7、sting suicide. 1920 - The book “Permitting the Destruction of Life not Worthy of Life“ was published. 1935 - The Euthanasia Society of England was formed to promote euthanasia. 1939 - Nazi Euthanasia Program 1998 - U.S. state of Oregon legalizes assisted suicide. 1999 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian sentenced
8、to a 10-25 year prison term for giving a lethal injection to Thomas Youk. 2000 - The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia. 2008 - U.S. state of Washington legalizes assisted suicide.,II. Lead-in: Types,Group work: Guess their meanings (5 min): Voluntary euthanasia Non-voluntary euthanasia Involuntary eu
9、thanasia Active euthanasia Passive euthanasia Assisted suicide,II. Lead-in: Types,Suggested answers: Voluntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed has requested to be killed.Non-voluntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent.Involuntary euthanasia: When
10、 the person who is killed made an expressed wish to the contrary.,II. Lead-in: Types,Active euthanasia: Intentionally causing a persons death by performing an action such as by giving a lethal injection.Passive euthanasia: Intentionally causing death by not providing necessary and ordinary medical c
11、are or food and water.Assisted suicide: Someone intentionally provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life.,II. Lead-in: Types,Classification Criteria:Consent of the patientUse of lethal injectionThe executor,Yes,No,Absent,Yes,No,Doctor,Patient,Yes: vo
12、luntary euthanasia,No: involuntary euthanasia,Absent: non-voluntary euthanasia,Yes: active euthanasia,No: passive euthanasia,Doctor: euthanasia,Patient: assisted suicide,II. Lead-in: Types,Pair work Case studies (5 min): Work in pairs and read 5 cases in which a person in bad condition dies. Decide
13、on the type of euthanasia each case belongs to.,III. Text Study,Reading 1, Unit 4 A Crime of CompassionQ: Which type of euthanasia the nurse is responsible for? A: Passive euthanasia & voluntary euthanasia,15,III. Text Study,A Hippocratic Oath: An oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of d
14、octors, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice. The Oath pledges that doctors should first relieve suffering, and secondly, protect and prolong life of people.Doctors Dilemma: If life is prolonged the promise of relieving pain is usually given up, and if pain is relieved through death th
15、e promise of protecting and prolonging life is broken.,Background,III. Text Study,Code blue: Generally is used to indicate a patient requiring immediate resuscitation, most often as the result of a cardiac (心脏的) arrest.DNR: It is the short form of Do Not Resuscitate orders. A DNRorder on a patients
16、file means that a doctor is not required to resuscitate a patient if their heartstops and is designed to preventunnecessary suffering.,Background,17,III. Text Study,Discuss in pairs: What was Mac like when he first admitted into the hospital? What was Mac like after he was in hospital for six months
17、? What is the purpose of the description in Par. 7? Would you do the same thing as the author did?,Comprehension,18,III. Text Study,Writing techniquerhetorical questions:Can you express the same meaning with a statement? Had we, the whole medical community, become so arrogant that we believed in the
18、 illusion of salvation through science? 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?,Comprehensio
19、n,IV. Additional Task,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
20、above 6 groups.,Which side will you take? Lets draw lots.,IV. Additional Task,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
21、 (1 min); The whole class vote for the winner group. The disadvantaged group has one more minute to tip the scales. The whole class vote again.,V. This Weeks Assignment,A story of euthanasia in the west: The Million Dollar Baby (an Academy winning movie) In the movie, Clint Eastwood faces a dilemma.
22、 His prize fighter, Maggie Fitzgerald, has broken her neck; a breathing machine is now the only thing standing between life and death. And shes asking him to pull the plug.,V. This Weeks Assignment,At the end of movie, Clint Eastwood is sitting in an empty church talking with his priest. Hes despera
23、tely searching for some kind of answer. The priests advice - “Leave it in Gods hands.” Eastwoods response - “Shes not asking God shes asking me.”,V. This 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
24、China. Each group hands in an article next week, giving the gist of the story and also stating what each group 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).,24,See you next week!,2011-04-19,25,End,
