I. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false?
1. Mr. Tabido is an unsuccessful businessman.
2. Mr. Tabido disease kills his blood cells and spinal cord.
3. There is no cure for this disease.
4. He didn’t tell his family and friends about his plan.
5. In Mr. Tabido’s country there is a law to help people die.
6. Mr. Tabido himself learnt how to inject drugs.
II. Answer the questions.
1. What is Mr. Tabido’s plan? Why?
2. What does his disease do?
3. Is he ready to kill himself?
4. Is the law in Mr. Tabido’s country for or against to help people die?
5. What is the way of Mr. Tabido’s going out?
6. What do other people think of Mr. Tabido’s choice?
III. Complete the sentences with the missing phrases.
1. Keoin Tabido has planned how he will spend his final hours: ______________.
And then, _________, he will take _____________________________.
2. Mr. Tabido is not crazy. He is ________________________. He is _________________________.
3. Gradually, it will be __________________________.
4. He has even bought _________________________.
5. “I don’t want _________________________,” Mr. Tabido says. “I want to go out doing _________________”.
6. Mr. Tabido is trying to ________________. “I will have only ____________, so I _______________________.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Do you think what Mr. Tabido and his doctors are doing is right? Check your opinion.
· In this case, I think suicide is all right. But his doctors should not help. Doctors should cure people, not kill them!
· If someone wants to die, that's their business. And if they need a doctor’s help, that's fine, too.
· Yes. Suicide is OK in this kind of situation. It's cruel to stop it.
· No. It's wrong to take your own life. Mr. Tabido shouldn't give up.
· Well, we have to respect Mr. Tabido's decision, even if we don't agree with it.
LOOKING AT THE ISSUE
Suppose some scientists invent medicine to help people live forever. One day they come to you and say, "If you take the medicine in this bottle, you will never get old and you will never die." Would you take it? Why or why not?
Yes, I would take it because: _____________________
No, I wouldn't take it because: ______________________
LET’S THINK
Every day thousands people die. Every minute thousands people fall ill with incurable diseases. May the doctors use organs of the dead to save people’s lives? Just to transplant hearts, kidneys, livers to people who have been queuing up for these vital organs for many years?
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Most of them wait without any result and die. So can the dead help the living?
I. Study the words.
| to be in favour of smth | `feivə | поддерживать ч.-л. |
| to be opposed | ə`pəuzd | противостоять, быть против |
| to have use for smth | пользоваться ч.-л. | |
| to give permission | pə`mi∫n | давать разрешение |
| to have the opposite point of view | иметь противоположную точку зрения | |
| to cut up (v) | разрезать, разрубать на куски | |
| to take out (v) | вынимать | |
| to violate (v) | `vaiəleit | осквернять, нарушать |
| to be treated with smth | `tri:t | обращаться с ч.-л. |
| dignity (n) | `digniti | достоинство |
| to cut open (v) | рассекать | |
| to come back to life | вернуться к жизни | |
| to turn off/on (v) | tə:n | выключить/включить |
| to make a decision | di`siʒn | принять решение |
| organs of a body | ||
| heart | ha:t | сердце |
| lung | lÙnŋ | лёгкое |
| brain | brein | мозг |
| blood | blÙd | кровь |
| kidney | `kidni | почка |
| bone | bəun | кость |
| marrow | `mærəu | костный мозг |
| eye | ai | глаз |
II. Form the derivatives of the words given in a chart below. Use a dictionary if necessary.
| Noun | Adjective | Verb |
| die – dyed – dying | ||
| donor | ||
| violate | ||
| permission |
III. Compare the words in their usage.
Permissive [pə`misiv] (adj) – tolerant; granting permission – permissive neighbours.
Permissible [pə`misəbl] (adj) – permitted, allowable – permissible dose.
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1. This movie is not ... for kids! 2. My parents were … and let me make my own mistakes. 3. Would it be … to say that? 4. Old people always say that the youth live in … environment.
Permit [`pə:mit] (n, countable) – an official written statement giving one the right to do something
Permission [pə`mi∫n] (n, uncountable) – formal act of allowing; written or spoken agreement
Permissibility [pə,misə`biləti] (n) – допустимость, позволительность
Permissiveness [pə`misivnəs] (n) – вседозволенность
1. It’s parents’ right to give or not to give ... to their offspring. 2. You won’t get into the atomic research station without a ... . 3. ... never leads to anything good. 4. The Constitution proclaims legal ... . 5. With your … I’ll leave now. 6. Do you really hold … for a revolver?
Deadly [`dedli] (adj) – likely to cause death – a deadly poison
Deathly [`deθli] (adj, adv) – like death – a deathly silence
1. Fog is the sailors’ … enemy. 2. Hush! The students are writing the test. Listen to that … silence. 3. What have you done? It’s one of the seven … sins. 4. Andrey Balkonsky died because of … wounds.
IV. There are two phrasal verbs in the text: to cut up and to keep alive. What do they mean? Study the examples and match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
TO CUT
He cut off a piece of cheese so that I could taste it.
I won't be surprised if my electricity is cut off— I haven't paid the bill for three months.
You should cut that dead tree down before it falls on your house.
Hank thinks he's such a tough [`tÙf] (крутой нравом) guy. Someone ought to cut him down to size.
My father said that we're spending too much and have to cut back.
| to cut ... down [informal – always separated] | to spend less |
| to cut ... off | to do or say smth to make people feel less important or less powerful |
| to cut back | to remove completely part of smth with a knife, saw, or pair of scissors |
| to cut ... down | when you stop the supply or flow of smth, such as water, electricity, or money |
| to cut ... off | you use a saw or an axe to cut a tree and make it fall to the ground |
TO KEEP
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Bill kept his word and arrived exactly at the time he had promised.
You must go to the gym twice a week to keep fit.
The main thing to remember, if the man starts any trouble, is to keep temper.
He kept on telling me the same story over and over.
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