Moral Issues

What is Morality?

Beliefs or ideas about what is right and wrong and about how people should behave

Criterion ( 批评判断的 ) 标准 , 规范

Summarizing & Paraphrasing

Alternative Pain Medicine Word bank: alternative adj. 可选择性的 marijuana 大麻 pain relief 缓解疼痛 ethical adj. 道德的，与伦理有关的 inconceivable adj. 难以相信的 receptionist 招待员 , 传达员

It’s possible that I would recommend marijuana, especially if I thought it could prevent real suffering.

Maybe if you read them and get some more information about many different forms of alternative pain relief, you’ll find something that feels comfortable to you.

Even if I choose not to use marijuana, it’s possible that I would consider using other alternative methods.

Tips hypothesize

What do you think of the alternative pain medicine?

Would you try this?

Do you think the doctor is right to suggest this to a patient?

What’s Best for Grandmother? Word bank: nursing home 疗养院 hip 臀部 recovery n. 恢复，痊愈

Tips

If we put her into a nursing home, I would feel absolutely terrible.

That way, we could arrange to go over every couple of days, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

Would you consider placing an elderly relative in a nursing home?

Why or why not?

What case is the most irresponsible ?

Please discuss with your partner and rank the cases in Page 12 in terms of how irresponsible these people are.

Error Correcting

Chris’s Experience There are at least 15 errors in

the script. Listen carefully and correct the errors.

Read the script first

Situation Discussion

A huge sum of money lying on the ground……

And there were no one around……

Getting the Main Idea

A short TV program clip Word bank: armored-truck 装甲卡车 mortgage n. 抵押 due adj. 应支付的 overdue adj. 过期未付的 an act of God 不可抗力 spew v. 喷涌 riot n. 骚动，暴乱 Sunday School 主日学校 -- 基督教教会为

了向儿童灌输宗教思想 , 在星期天开办的儿童班

Should Doctors Ever Lie ？ Part One Part Two Part Three

Answer the 5 questions

First time—Listen for the main idea

Second time—Listen for more information

Pros and Cons

You’ll listen to the two doctors - – Michael Wilkes and Miriam Shuchmandiscussing the pros and cons of a doctor lying to a patient.After you listen, complete the chart.

Dictation

Are you tired? ^_^

have a break~~

Academic Dishonesty in Higher Education

Please think about these:

Who is speaking here probably?Who is listening to him?Why is he saying this?

Can you get the meaning of them?

Educators say cheating is rampant these days, and all of our electronic miracle tools only seem to make things worse.

Listening 2

How many students had admitted to cheating?

What does “the student body” mean?

What happened in India?

Tips

…shows that the concern is well-founded An article on the Reuters newswire last ye

ar told of an epidemic of cheating in India.

the situation is appalling for …This is not an expose. It’s a how-to-guide

for would-be cheaters.

The Underlined headings are included to help you take notes.

What is a Placebo?Reasons Doctors Give PlacebosPower of Belief (Mr. Smith Story)Doctor’s role in Placebo Effectiveness

Ulcer Study Conclusions

Listen and Take Notes:

placebos n. 安慰剂（无实际药效）therapeutic adj. 治疗的 terminal adj. 晚期的blood transfusion 输血 tumor 肿瘤injection 注射 serum 血清，免疫血清unreliable adj. 不可靠的 ulcer n. 溃疡 symptom 症状 instruction 指导enthusiastic 热心的，热情的

incorporate vt. 合并，混合dogma n. 教条divine adj. 神的，神圣的foible n. 弱点 性格上的缺点repent v . 忏悔，悔改redemption n. 救赎，赎回compassion n. 同情，怜悯 circumstance n. 环境，境况avid adj. 渴望的practitioner n. 从业者，开业者，从事

者

Tips• get a refill of a prescription for • was addicted to• little white lie

• The problem was that there was no way that I could use the placebo without deceiving the patient.

• It’s called informed consent, and what it means is that before a patient can agree to a given treatment or procedure, the doctor is obliged to inform them about the risks and benefits of that treatment, and most doctors are aware of that.

• What I’m trying to suggest is that they work through an effect on the mind rather than on the body, say, on the diaphragm or in the lung tissue or muscles themselves.

• Doctors don’t give them the chance to ask the questions that would get them that information.

• The downside of that decision is that the man is still addicted to the medicine although I’m slowly weaning him off by using some behavior modification techniques.

Clips from Friends

• Satan 撒旦 , 魔鬼• Minion 奴才 , 宠臣 • Karmic 命运的，因果报应的

Word banks• MIT 麻省理工 Massachusettes Institute of Technology

• Reuters n. 路透社• newswire n. 新闻专线• epidemic n. 流行，风尚，流行病• appalling adj. 令人震惊的，骇人

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