特别广播英语第 133 课：Euthanasia: For and Against 安乐死：赞同还是反对-3

I think that anything that legally allows the shortening of life does make those people more vulnerable."我觉得法律上任何允许缩短人们生命和作法都会使那些人变得更容易受伤害。"

Many find this prohibition of an individual's right to die paternalistic. 很多人发现禁止一个人选择死亡的权利是没有道理的。

Although they agree that life is important and should be respected, they feel that the quality of life should not be ignored. 尽管他们也认为生命很重要，并且应当尊重生命，但是生活的质量也不容忽视。

Dr. Van Oijen believes that people have the fundamental right to choose for themselves if they want to die: "What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven't the right. 范·奥依金医生认为如果人们想死，他们应当有选择死亡的权利："那些反对使用安乐死的人们是在告诉我们要死亡的人没有这种权利。

And that when people are very ill, we are all afraid of their death. But there are situations where death is a friend. And is those cases, why not?" 当他们病重时，我们害怕他们会死去。但是有的情况下死亡是人们的朋友。在那种情况下，为什么不使用安乐死呢？"

But "why not?" is a question which might cause strong emotion. 但"为什么不呢？"是一个会引起强烈的情感的问题。

The film showing Cees van Wendel's death was both moving and sensitive. 那部反映齐斯·范·温德尔死亡情景的电影既感人又发人深醒。

His doctor was clearly a family friend; his wife had only her husband's interests at heart. 很显然，这位医生是他们一家人的朋友；温德尔的妻子也是一心为丈夫好。

Some, however, would argue that it would be dangerous to use this particular example to support the case for euthanasia. 然而，有些人争论说用这种特殊事例来支持安乐死是危险的。

Not all patients would receive such a high level of individual care and attention. 再说，不是所有的病人都会受到如此周到的个别护理和关注。