For our purposes, the crucial point is to see that what seems to be going on there is our hero is taking the place of somebody else who's about to die.

我们的目的是搞清楚这里的情况，我们的主人公代替别人死亡了。

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Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying, said the "vast majority" did not think somebody should be prosecuted for assisting a loved one to die at their request when their suffering had become unbearable.

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