托福作文中说明文范文（二）
日 期：2007-12-11 3:20:59
题目：Shouldapersonwithanincurableillnessspendhislastdaysinahospitalwhereheorshecanreceivethebestpossiblemedicalcare?Orshouldthispersonbepermittedtodieathome?Inabriefessay,respondtotheabovequestions.Besuretoexplainwhichpositionyousupport.
s0100 试题分析
一条件：患不治之症的患者/在人世间的最后一段时间/到医院接受最好的医疗与护理/允许在家谢世。
二要求：就上述条件与两种处理方法发表意见,说明你支持何种做法。
三写作分析：本题是世界范围内经常争论的话题，但至今无定论.写作时可支持任何观点，写法用演绎法或归纳法。
Shouldapersonwithanincurableillnessspendhislastdaysinahospitalwhereheorshecanreceivethebestpossiblemedicalcare?Orshouldthispersonbepermittedtodieathome?Thesetwoquestionsaredifficulttoanswerandmaycausesomeheatedarguments.Myviewisthatwehavetoconsidertwodifferentsituationsandmakeourdecisionsaccordingly.
Thefirstpossiblesituationisthatthepatientisstillconsciousandabletoexpresshimself.Inthiscase,weshouldtalktohimandfindouthisownopinion.Ifhewishestostayinahospital,weshouldsendhimthereandtrytogetthebestmedicalcareforhimnomatterhowmuchitwillcost.Ifhewantstostayathome,weshouldshowrespectforhisopinionanddoourbestathomeforhimnomatterhowtroublesomeitmaybe.Therationaleofthisviewisthatthebestwecandoforadyingpersonistosatisfyhislastwishesexceptwhenhewantsanthanasiainacountryinwhichitisstillillegal.
Theotherpossiblesituationisthatthepatientisnolongerabletoexpresshimself.Inthiscase,itisbettertolethimstayathomeandspendhislastdayswithhisrelatives.Thisviewisbasedonthefollowingconsiderations.Thisfirstisthatsincethepatientisgoingtodieanyway,itisbetterforhimtodieathomeinsteadofaplacewherehisrelativesarenotallowedtostaywithhimallthetime.Thesecondisthatitwouldbeawasteofmoney,time,andenergytohospitalizethepatient.Thethirdisthatwhatahospitalcandoforadyingpersoncanonlybringmoresufferingtohim.Forinstance,operationsorintravenousdripsareuselessandpainfulandfistaidsappliedtohimcanonlymakehimlivelongertosuffermore.Thebestthingahospitalcandoistoreducehispainsinhislastdays,butthiscanalsobedoneathome.
Inshort,myviewisthatwhenthequestionsareconsideredobjectively,theanswerisclear:itisbetterforhim,forhisrelatives,andforsocietyifthepatientstaysanddiesathome.However,ashumanbeings,wecannotdiscussapatientwithoutemotionalconsiderations.Tofullyunderstandthisposition,wecanjustimaginehowwewouldfeelifoneofourrealtiesweresufferingfromanincurableillness.
范文写作分析
对于这个涉及到复杂而又微妙的感情之事,作者避免了简单的表态方式。文章采用演绎法,在第一段摆明自己的观点,然后详细说明,最后再进一步说明,处理感情方面的考虑。
第一段叙述条件,摆明观点
第二段病人清醒情况下的做法
第三段病人无法表达意愿时的做法
第四段强调自己观点的合理
