英语悠选脱口秀 第141期:当他要选择安乐地离开

 讲解

Today's key word is euthanasia.

euthanasia e-u-t-h-a-n-a-s-i-a

安乐死

Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally¹ ending a life in order to relieve² pain.

Here is an example:

Euthanasia is illegal in most countries.

安乐死在很多国家都是不合法的。

确实，安乐si目前只在少数国家是合法的，比如瑞士。

今天我们讲的是一部有关安乐si euthanasia的电影。

The name of the film is “Me Before You”.另，女主是龙母哦～

故事是这样的：

Louisa Clark is a British girl who is living in a beautiful small town.

被咖啡店开除后，她找到了一个照顾病人的工作。

这个病人叫做Will.

He was a banker who was completely paralyzed（瘫痪） by a motorcycle accident two years ago.

两年前在美国被摩托车撞倒全身瘫痪后，Will就回到了家乡英国修养。

刚刚开始照顾Will的时候，Louisa被他的冷漠搞得不知所措。

Although it is not happy at first, Louisa still goes to will's house every day wearing her wearied³ colorful clothes.

慢慢的Will被开朗的Louisa感染，开始和她有了一些交流。

Louisa also learns that Will was a guy who loves his life.

He loves skating, swimming, traveling, climbing mountains. He had a beautiful girlfriend, a successful career. He lived a wonderful life.

但这些，在Will瘫痪之后全都不见了。

他的女朋友马上就要嫁给他的好哥们了。

And Louisa accidentally⁴ finds out that Will has given his parents six months before they must bring him to Switzerland for euthanasia.

在得知Will和他父母的六个月协议之后，她决定制定一系列的计划带Will出去找寻快乐。

She hopes she can change his mind.

They spend a very happy and lovely time together. They even danced in Will's ex –girlfriend's wedding.

But at the end of their trip, Will still wants to end his life. She is heartbroken.

生活在这个小镇上这么多年，Will 是唯一一个懂她的人。她能不能理解Will， 陪他去瑞士送他最后一程，看着他离开这个世界呢？

大家自己去看看就知道了，我就先不剧透了。

1 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

2 relieve   

v.缓解，减轻，解除(痛苦、忧虑、麻烦)

参考例句：

• We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey.我们玩游戏，来解除旅行的沉闷。
• The doctors did their best to relieve the patient.医生们尽力减轻病人的痛苦。

3 wearied   

（使）疲乏， （使）厌烦( weary的过去式和过去分词 )； 劳顿

参考例句：

• He had long since wearied of discussing the rancorous subject. 他早就厌倦这类怨气冲冲的话题了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some had not yet wearied of their gentle boat-like paddling. 有的还未厌倦那船一样的徐徐的划行。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

4 accidentally   

adv.偶然地；意外地

参考例句：

• Mary accidentally let out that her mother had telephoned.玛丽无意中说出她的母亲来过电话。
• As I turned around,I accidentally hit him in the face.我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。