Unit 5 新视野大学英语第三册第五课

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    The following passages deal with the critically ill and what decisions must be made. The first story is of a doctor’s view of a terminally ill grandmother — how graceful her hands are and how graceful her heart is to spare her family the pain of her passing. The second story deals more with the clinical aspects of letting the patient die peacefully or in pain. The decision should and must be made by the family for they alone have their loved ones at heart. The third passage tells us how the torch of the living must be passed from generation to generation. Although the stories are somewhat tragic, they are also so sweet and sentimental. They show the true humanness of mankind’s compassion.