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1thePhilDonahueshow:

ThePhilDonahueShow,alsoknownasDonahue,isanAmericantelevisiontalkshowthatranfor26yearsonnationaltelevision.ItsrunwasprecededbythreeyearsoflocalbroadcastinDayton,Ohio,anditwasbroadcastnationwidebetween1967and1996.

2codeblue:

Hospitalemergencycodesareusedinhospitalsworldwidetoalertstafftovariousemergencysituations.Theuseofcodesisintendedtoconveyessentialinformationquicklyandwithaminimumofmisunderstandingtostaff.

Step2pre-readingquestions

1Ifyouhaveeverwitnessedthesufferingsofadyingperson,tellusthefeelingsthatthesceneevokedfromyou.

2Doyouthinkdoctorsandnursesshoulddoeverythingwithintheirmeanstotrytosaveaterminallyillpatientevenwhentheyknowclearlyalltheireffortswouldmeannothingmorethanprolonginghissuffering?

3GeneralReading

I.Determinewhichofthefollowingbeststatesthepurposeofthewriting.

A.Torecountherhorrifyingexperienceofcaringforaterminallyillpatient.

B.Tomakeanappealforaterminallyillpatient'

srighttodie.

C.Todemandthatnursesbegiventherighttoissuea"

no-code"

order.

Key:

B

Judgewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1WhenMacenteredthehospital,hewasapparentlyanormalpersonexceptforanenduringcough.

2Despitehisworseningcondition,Macstillhadastrongwishtolive.

3Themedicalcommunityisdividedonwhetherapatient'

slifeshouldbeextendedaslongaspossibleunderallcircumstances.

4Itcanbeinferredfromtheessaythatdoctors,notnurses,havetherighttogivea"

no-codeorder"

.

5InMaura'

seyes,Huttmannwasamurdererfornotpushingthecodebluebuttonintime.

1.T2.F3.T4.T5.F

Step3KeyPointsoftheText

1self-righteousadj:

havingacertainty,especiallyanunfoundedone,thatoneistotallycorrectorsuperior

2meddlein:

interferein

E.g.Youngpeopletodaydonotliketheirparentstomeddleintheirlives.

meddlewith—touchorhandlesth.withoutpermission

E.g.Youcanusemyroombutyou'

renotsupposedtomeddlewithmystuffs,especiallymycomputer.

3toplayGod:

tofunctionasGod,i.e.todecidewhentoterminateaperson'

slife.ChristiansbelievethatonlyGodhastherighttodecidewhenaperson'

slifeshouldend.

4WhenMachadwastedawaytoa60-poundskeleton:

WhenMachadbeenreducedtoa60-poundskeleton

5wasteaway:

（ofapersonorapartofthebody）becomeprogressivelyweakerandmoreemaciated

E.g.SheisdyingofAIDS,visiblywastingaway.

6i.v.solutions:

"

i.v."

istheabbreviationof"

intravenous"

meaning"

withinavein"

and"

i.v.solutions"

referstotheliquidsubstancesinfuseddirectlyintotheveinofapatientfortherapeuticpurposes.

7irrigatethebigcratersofbedsores:

Theverb"

irrigate"

normallymeans"

tosupplywatertolandorcropstohelpgrowth."

Inmedicine,thewordcanbeusedtomean"

toapplyacontinuousflowofwaterormedicationtoanorganorawound."

8suctionthelungfluidsthatthreatenedtodrownhim:

draintheexcessivelungfluidsthatthreatenhislife

9thatseemedwovenintothefabricofmyuniform:

thatseemedtohavebecomeanelementofthefabricofmyuniform

10weavesth.into:

includesth.asanintegralpartorelement（ofafabric）;

includeanelementinastory,anartisticwork,etc.

E.g.Somegoldenthreadsarewovenintothefabric.

ArgumentativeparagraphsarenaturallywovenintoHuttmann'

snarration.

11tobeliablefornegligence:

tobeheldresponsibleforfailingtoperformmyduty

12beliablefor:

toberesponsibleforbylaw,tobelegallyanswerableto

13beliableto:

belikelytodoortobesomething,likelytoexperiencesth.（unpleasant）

E.g.Onceyouhavecontactedthecreditcardprotectionscheme,youarenolongerliableforanylossthatmightoccur.

Heissufferingfromhypertensionandthusisliabletofallifhegetsuptoosuddenly.

Thelow-lyingareasareliabletofloodsduringtherainyseason.

14whennoamountofpainmedicationstilledhismoaningandagony:

whenhispainwassoacutethatnomatterhowmuchpain-relievingmedicationwasused,hissufferingcouldnotbeeased

stillvt.&

vi.

E.g.Heclappedhishandstostilltheagitatedaudience.

Whennightfell,thevillagewhichwasboisterouswithtouristsinthedaytimestilled.

15Iwonderedaboutaspiritualjudge.:

Iwonderediftherewasaspiritualjudge（asagainstalegaljudge）,whowouldbesupportiveofmydecisionnottopushthecodeblueb