Task-3_The_right-to-die_Maria_Cherkasova
Hi, everyone!
Today I'm not in a playful mood:( So I'm going to discuss a really serious topic. Death. Sounds rather terrifying. Don't you think so? Dying is not kind of merry theme.Many people avoid talking about it. So do I. Since childhood, I have been afraid of death, especially death of relatives, and have been refraining from conversations related to this topic.
Nonetheless, I've recently faced an assisted dying.Have you ever heard about it? Frankly, I found out about it only now. As far as I'm concerned, it is a really debatable issue. I've read the article devoted to the discussion of the problem of the right to die.
The author(,)Cathy Rentzenbrink(,) tells us a story about her brother, who was knocked over by a car.He survived only due to being intubated, resuscitated, and had some holes drilled in his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain. Even so it made him a man in vegetative state.
Cathy gives an example of other person in vegetative state, Tony Bland, died after his treatment was withdrawn legal way.So she argues that relatives have a legal way out to easy the burden. As for her, to make her brother die, it is a modest, compassionate step.So it's no use to keep person alive in the role of some kind of sleeping beauty. The author talks about such people make no progression because their brain doesn't function. Also it’s hard to care for someone, when you know they’re going to die. She pays attention to her brother wasn’t alive because of the will of god.
- What do you think about an assisted dying?
- Could you make up your mind on such a step?
- Do you agree that people in in vegetative state are like sleeping beauties?
Here some vocabulary that I've used:
- knocked over by a car- сбила машина
- vegetative state-вегетативное состояние
- compassionate- сострадательный
- to easy the burden- облегчить бремя
- intubated-интубирован
- a legal way out - правовой выход
- resuscitated- реанимирован
- to relieve the pressure on his brain - уменьшить давление на его мозг
Thank you for reading. I hope this article is really interesting for you.❤
I'm really impressed with your post! It gives a good idea about the article you have read. Thanks! I'd also like to praise you for the questions: they are thought-provoking and can result in a profound discussion of this hard issue.
ReplyDeleteA note on vocabulary: giving the Russian translation is helpful but not enough because it does not let you see how/in what context the word or an expression is used. So, can I ask you to add your own example with the word or an expression you have chosen from the article?
Hi, Masha! Thank you for your post.
ReplyDeleteI often see news about assisted dying on the Internet. In my opinion, it is too much harder for close people to maintain sufferer's life artificially, because they have a weak hope and in the end they have to make a difficult step. I agree that people in in vegetative state are like sleeping beauties and the probability that they'll return to life is very small.