题材如下，写议论文。 美国老师以为大多会选择继续手术，因为上英语课的多是东亚几个非英语国家的学生。 确实算不错的论题。 你是怎么想的呢？ －－－－－－－－－－－ The Twin Problem... You are a highly skilled surgeon with a flourishing practice. You know you are very good at what you do and have earned the respect of your patients. ne day a Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse come to see you. They are obviously very upset, and tell you they have a problem of life and death and need your help. The Waterhouses explain that they are the parents of 14-year-old twin girls named Irene and Meg. Some years ago Irene contracted a disease of the kid- neys, and she has been seriously ill ever since. Her kidneys are now so badly damaged that unless she receives a kidney transplant she will surely die within three months. Irene is a charming and open girl, full of vitality and intelligence. She is studying piano, and is so good that her teacher feels sure she will have a most successful professional career—if she lives. The parents tell you—as you already know—that the only kidney transplant which will be successful is one from Irene’s identical twin. All other kidney transplants are universally unsuccessful because of rejection by the recipients of the “foreign” tissue. Only Meg’s kidney can save Irene’s life. You also know that a kidney transplant between twins is a relatively safe operation. There is some risk, of course, as there is with any major surgery, but it is minimal. Both the donor and the recipient can get along on one kidney apiece. The obvious solution is for you to transplant one of Meg’s kidneys to Irene, and that is what Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse ask you to do. But, they tell you, there is a serious problem. Meg has flatly refused to agree to the operation. Unlike her sister, Meg is depressed, socially backward, and shy. Her parents have focused on Irene’s illness and her musical achievements, and Meg feels profoundly rejected. Meg’s parents have told her about the urgent need for the transplant. They have explained that Irene will die unless she is given one of Meg’s kidneys. But Meg says she has always hated Irene, who has received much more love and attention than she has, and she—Meg—will certainly do nothing whatsoever to prevent Irene from dying. Every possible device has been used to make Meg change her mind, including extensive psychiatric treatment, but without success. In desperation, say the Waterhouses, they have come to you for help. In the state in which you practice you are permitted to operate on a person under the age of 18 if his or her parents consent to the operation. The patient, as a minor, has no legal rights in the matter. Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse say they have decided to ask you to go ahead and perform the operation over Meg’s objections in order to save Irene’s life. They know you are the best possible surgeon, and say they will do whatever you decide—but they plead with you to decide to operate.
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