grandmother of eighteen and a concert piano player. Her graceful hands impressed the nurse great V. Homework Write a composition entitled Laying-off Section b Decisions of the heart I Greetings I. Review 1. Answer the question: Why was the word"" used to describe the gra 2. Have a dictation of one paragraph I Start the new lesson 1. Introduction Decisions of the heart actually refer to making patients die without pain. That is to say, in order to alleviate their suffering, the lives of the patients who are seriously ill and hopeless shouldn't be prolonged by modern med ical technology. Doctors shoe the situation of the patient to the families, and they cooperate to decide whether or not the doctor let the patient die without any pain. Under any possible circumstances, the patient should be consulted 2. Discourse analysis: Part I (Paras 1-5): The author gives us a question that what we should do if our 90-year-old mother has suffered a stroke Part II(Paras 6-12): As a doctor, he tells us the measures we should take according to his experience Part I(Paras 13-17): In this case, the sensible decision is to put the patients interest in the first place 3. language points: all )on ones own 1)alone John lives all on his own. /I need some time on my own 2)without help I managed to repair the car all on my own She is old enough to do it on her own Compare: of one’sown Kate has always wanted a car of her own. /You see, we have problems of our own 2. come along: arrive, appear Is your daughter married yet? No, shes still waiting for Mr. Right to come al They had no idea if success would come along one day 3. condemn: vt criticize strongly, usu. for moral reasons East and west leaders join in condemning violence and killing The author condemned racism in the strongest language in this article condemn sb to: 1)make sb. take or accept sth unpleasant His broken leg condemned him to a wheelchair 2)punish sb with sth In former times a murderer who was found guilty would be condemned to deathgrandmother of eighteen and a concert piano player. Her graceful hands impressed the nurse greatly. V. Homework Write a composition entitled “ Laying-off”. Section B Decisions of the Heart I. Greetings II. Review: 1. Answer the question: Why was the word “graceful” used to describe the grandmother? 2. Have a dictation of one paragraph. III. Start the new lesson: 1. Introduction Decisions of the heart actually refer to making patients die without pain. That is to say, in order to alleviate their suffering, the lives of the patients who are seriously ill and hopeless shouldn’t be prolonged by modern medical technology. Doctors shoe the situation of the patient to the families, and they cooperate to decide whether or not the doctor let the patient die without any pain. Under any possible circumstances, the patient should be consulted. 2. Discourse analysis: Part I (Paras 1-5): The author gives us a question that what we should do if our 90-year-old mother has suffered a stroke. Part II(Paras 6-12): As a doctor, he tells us the measures we should take according to his experience. Part I (Paras 13-17): In this case, the sensible decision is to put the patient’s interest in the first place. 3. language points: 1. ( all ) on one’s own 1) alone John lives all on his own. / I need some time on my own. 2) without help I managed to repair the car all on my own. She is old enough to do it on her own. Compare: of one’s own Kate has always wanted a car of her own. / You see, we have problems of our own. 2. come along: arrive; appear Is your daughter married yet? No, she’s still waiting for Mr. Right to come along. They had no idea if success would come along one day. 3. condemn: vt. criticize strongly, usu. for moral reasons East and west leaders join in condemning violence and killing. The author condemned racism in the strongest language in this article. condemn sb to : 1) make sb. take or accept sth. unpleasant His broken leg condemned him to a wheelchair. 2) punish sb with sth In former times a murderer who was found guilty would be condemned to death