未能同生但求共死 比利时夫妇决定同时安乐死
<p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="die">die</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> '<span word="couple">couple</span>' <span word="euthanasia">euthanasia</span> - <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="neither">neither</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="terminally">terminally</span> <span word="ill">ill</span>.</p><p>日前，比利时一对老夫妇宣布将一起进行安乐死，虽然两人都尚未病入膏肓。这将成为世界上第一对共同安乐死的夫妻。</p><p><span word="Instead">Instead</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="loneliness">loneliness</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="dies">dies</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="causes">causes</span>.</p><p>两位老人之所以这么决定是因为他们担心如果其中一位先离开，剩下的那位会孤单地度过余生。</p><p><span word="Identified">Identified</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="names">names</span>, <span word="Francis">Francis</span>, 89, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span>, 86, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="adult">adult</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="parent">parent</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="widowed">widowed</span>.</p><p>89岁的弗朗西斯和86岁的安妮育有3个孩子，这3个已经成年的孩子表示父母有一位先去世，他们则无法照看剩下的那一位。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="practitioner">practitioner</span> <span word="willing">willing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="double">double</span> <span word="killings">killings</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grounds">grounds</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="couple">couple</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mental">mental</span> <span word="anguish">anguish</span> <span word="constituted">constituted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unbearable">unbearable</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="legally">legally</span> <span word="justify">justify</span> <span word="euthanasia">euthanasia</span>.</p><p>他们甚至已经找到了愿意为父母进行共同安乐死的医生，理由是两位老人的心理痛苦已到了无法承受的地步必须进行安乐死。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="couple">couple</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Brussels">Brussels</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="receiving">receiving</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="age">age</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="ailments">ailments</span>.</p><p>这对来自布鲁塞尔的老夫妇由于年老，正在进行定期治疗。</p>
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