Those terminally ill patients should have the right not to receive treatment and die as a result.
临终病人应有权放弃治疗,结束自己的生命。
District Judge Dorothy McCarter ruled that, under the constitution of Montana, 76 year-old retired truck-driver Bob Baxter had the right to ask his physician to help him die.
巡回法官多勒熙·麦卡特规定:根据蒙大纳州法,76岁的退休卡车司机鲍勃·巴克斯特有权请求他主治医师帮其死亡。
The country is also known for its right-to-die laws that draw hundreds of foreigners each year to Switzerland to kill themselves.
瑞士还以自由选择死亡权而著称, 每年都有数以百计的外国人来到瑞士结束自己的生命。
Since the 49-year-old suffered catastrophic injuries after separate accidents, he has constantly asked for one thing: the right to die in peace.
VOA: standard.2009.08.14
If I'm right in thinking immortality would be undesirable, then the fact that we're going to die is good, because it guarantees that we won't be immortal, which would be a nightmare, an unending nightmare.
如果永生不值得期许的观点是对的,那么我们终将一死的事实是好的,因为它保证我们不得永生,那是恶梦,一场永无止尽的恶梦。
"There are so many good ideas that die because the conditions are not right for bringing those ideas to market,"
VOA: standard.2009.11.03
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