Lesson One The Right to Die 1
Lesson Two To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield 12
Lesson Three AIDS Vaccine 22
Lesson Four Evolution and Natural Selection 33
Lesson Five A Clear Signal on Estrogen 47
Lesson Six Has Gene Therapy Stalled? 58
Lesson Seven Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the USSR 69
Lesson Eight The Killer Protein behind Mad Cow Disease 81
Lesson Nine Of Human Bondage 92
Lesson Ten Politics and the English Language 109
Lesson Eleven Robots Roll into Operating Rooms 121
Lesson Twelve The Long Habit 138
Lesson Thirteen The Using of Baby Fae 152
Lesson Fourteen Double-Duty Drugs 166
Lesson Fifteen Are Medical Ethics Necessary? 180
Lesson Sixteen The Scientific Aesthetic 192
Keys to Exercises 206
课文参考译文 231