VIII. Correct the following statements:

1. Euthanasia is a painful practice of ending a person’s life in order to release the person from an incurable disease.

2. Active euthanasia involves not doing something to prevent death.

3. Euthanasia has never been accepted by society.

4. Euthanasia was condemned in ancient Greece.

5. Today most branches of Christianity, Judaism and Islam accept active euthanasia.

6. According to American and Canadian laws there is no difference between active and passive euthanasia

IX. Make up questions for the following answers.

1. The word euthanasia derives from the Greek for “good death”.

2. Euthanasia differs from assisted suicide, in which a patient voluntarily brings about his or her own death with the assistance of another person, typically a physician.

3. Western laws have generally treated the act of assisting someone in dying as a form of punishable homicide (unlawful killing).

4. The first organizations to promote the legalization of voluntary euthanasia in the United States and Great Britain formed in the 1930s.

5. Courts in the United States and Canada have ruled that physicians should not be legally punished if they withhold or withdraw a life-sustaining treatment at the request of a patient or the patient’s authorized representative.

6. Proponents of legalized euthanasia believe that prolonging life through the use of modern advances may cause unwarranted suffering to the patient and the family.

7. Opponents argue that permitting physicians to engage in active euthanasia creates intolerable risks of abuse and misuse of the power over life and death.

X. Answer the following questions:

1. What is euthanasia?

2. What types of euthanasia can you name?

3. What is meant by active (passive, voluntary, involuntary) euthanasia?

4. What arguments do proponents (opponents) of legalization of euthanasia put forward?

XI. Express your own point of view on the subject.

Text X Sociology

I. Practice the reading o the following words:

Sociology, discipline, anthropology, psychology, society, particular, process, mind, fictitious, divine, sovereignty, transcendent, elite, procedure.

II. Translate the following derivatives and fill in the blank with the proper ones. Learn them and use in the sentences of your own.

1. To respond - response – responsive - respondent;

1. I asked him his name but he didn’t …2. She …never … to my letters. 3. When asked about the company’s future. 4. The director … that he remained optimistic. 5. How did he … to the news? 6. 60% of the … agreed with the suggestion. 7. She made no … 8. I received an encouraging … to my advertisement.9. The news provoked an angry … 10. Firms have to be … to consumer demands.

2. To observe – observation – observer – observed – observing;

1. Most information was collected by direct … of the animal’s behaviour. 2. He began by making a few general … about the report. 3. We managed to escape …4. She … that all chairs were already occupied. 5. I felt he … everything I did. 6. The patients … over a period of several months. 7. According to …, the plane exploded shortly after take-off. 8. A team of British officials were sent as … to the conference.

3. To contribute (to) – contribution – contributor;

1. Do you wish …? 2. Immigrants … to British culture in many ways. 3. All … will be gratefully received. 4. Older people are important … to the economy. 5. He made a very positive … to the success of the project.

4. To recognize – recognition – recognizable - recognized;

1. He received the reward in … of his success over the past tears. 2. There is a general … of the urgent need to reform. 3. The building was easily … as a prison. 4. I … him as soon as he came in the room. 5. The UK has refused … the new regime. 6. The book … now … as a classic. 7. She is a … authority on the subject.

5. To signify - significant – significance;

1. The decision … a radical change in their policies. 2. He nodded … that he agreed. 3. There are no … differences between the two groups of students. 4. The new drug has great …for the treatment of the disease. 5. They discussed the statistical … of the results. 6. It’s … that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.