Lesson 7. Doctor Death p.39

Whether very sick people should be helped to end their own lives is a question many people cannot answer.

However, Dr.Kevorkian is an exception. That he has done this more than twenty times is known to everyone.

Some say what he is doing is immoral. They call him Doctor Death. Others say what he is doing is merciful.

They call it mercy killing.

Whether Dr.Kevorkian should be allowed to continue doing this is a real problem for the government. There

seem to be two sides to the argument. Which side are you on?

do you have any purpose ?

well ,yes ,we do .we're trying to teach our students how to read and understand by listening this english lessons .

chatting in fact ,we do have a plan over here ,that is we want to acquaint our students with more of english .

our plan is to teach english .

sounds spooky . certainly does . in the united states ,Halloween is a spooky night .

spooky 幽灵般的 Halloween 万圣节

following is an article that has a title here "doctor death ".this article sounds a little spooky .but we'll find out about this .so we'd like to have bruce read this article first .

whether we should help very sick people [to] end their own lives .

i helped Mother [to] wash the dishes last night .

do the dishes , do the laundry

laundry means your dirty clothing .so, if you wash your dirty clothes ,we can say you'll do your laundry .

I helped Mother wash(do) the dishes last night.

put an end to . to end one's own life = to put an end to one's own life

come to an end . When the movie came to an end, many people were crying. 结束

it's not english . it is ,i think , from eastern europe .

Every rule has its exception. = There is an exception to every rule.

With the exception of . except

with the exception of new york ,Americans own cars in American cities. except new york .

well ,new york is such a big and crowded city that having a car is very inconvenient . so most new yorkers do not own a car .but in other American cities ,almost all the Americans own their own car .

inconvenient 不方便 不说：Are you convenient? 而说：Are you free now ? are you available now ?

is it convenient for you to do it now ?

That he doesn't study makes me angry. 名词从句 that 不能省.名词性从句不可倒装.

mercy killing 安乐死

there seem to be 等于 it seems that there are

to side with sb . i'll side with you .

he is known to all of us .

One is known by the company he keeps. 观其友，知其人