第三单元

　　1.常考单词：

　　weaken deteriorate debate legal request criterion ensure oppose tradition consideration disabled burden vulnerable prohibition sensitive

　　2. 常考词组：

　　to debate on 　to make request for 　be opposed to 　to take … into account

　　3. 常考句子：

　　1） Affected with a serious disease，van Wendal was no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there was no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.

　　2） Van Wendel's last three months of life before being given a final，lethal injection by his doctor were filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.

　　3） The programme has since been bought by 20 countries and each time it is shown，it starts a nationwide debate on the subject.

　　4） What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven't the right.