英文速読　初級-49

　In the U.S. you can choose whether to donate your organs for transplant in the face of death. For example, you can have ‘’Organ Donor’’ stamped on your driver’s license; then, if you are involved in a fatal accident, your organs could help save someone’s life. Or, when you fall ill and check into a hospital, you can make your signature on a paper saying ‘’I consent to the donation of my organs’’ on the spot. But some insist that there should be a legal obligation. That is to say, you should be obliged by law to donate your organs on death. As long as you have no religious or moral objections, you can’t refuse to donate your organs.
　According to statistics, about 2,0000 people who were anxious for a transplant passed away, owing to disease last year. Now, not less than 3,000 people are on the books for a new heart or *liver, and no less than 20,000 people are in need of kidneys. There is little possibility, if any, that they will recover from their fatal diseases without the transplant of organs.
　Some think that the present system places too much emphasis on individual rights and that we should take this serious situation into consideration. Others point out the danger of our bodies falling under the control of the government. This issue will be talked over in various fields from now on.

　In the U.S. you can choose /whether to donate your organs for transplant /in the face of death. For example,  you can have ‘’Organ Donor’’ stamped on your driver’s license; then, if you are involved in a fatal accident, your organs could help save someone’s life. Or, when you fall ill and check into a hospital, you can make your signature on a paper saying ‘’I consent to the donation of my organs’’ on the spot. But some insist /that there should be a legal obligation. That is to say, you should be obliged by law /to donate your organs on death. As long as you have no religious or moral objections, you can’t refuse to donate your organs.

　アメリカでは、あなたは選ぶことができる、あなたの臓器を提供するかどうかを、移植用に、死に直面した時に。例えばあなたは「臓器提供者」の印を押してもらう事ができる、あなたの運転免許証に。そうすれば、あなたは命に係わる事故に巻き込まれたとしても、あなたの臓器は誰かの命を救うのに役立てることができる。あるいは、あなたが病気になって病院に入院する時、あなたは署名することができる、「私はわたしの臓器の提供に同意します。」と書かれた書類に、その場で。しかし、法的強制力があるべきだと要求する者もいる。すなわち、あなたは法によって義務付けられるべきだ、あなたの臓器を提供することを、死後すぐに。あなたが宗教上、あるいは倫理的な反対理由を持たない限り、臓器を提供することを拒否することはできない。

　　According to statistics, about 2,0000 people /who were anxious for a transplant passed away, owing to disease last year. Now, not less than 3,000 people are on the books /for a new heart or liver, and no less than 20,000 people are in need of kidneys. There is little possibility, if any, that they will recover from their fatal diseases without the transplant of organs.

　統計によると、およそ2000人の人々が、彼らは移植を切望していた、亡くなった、病気のせいで昨年。現在、少なくとも3千人の人々が登録されている、新しい心臓や肝臓を求めて、そして2万人もの人々が腎臓を必要としている。彼らが致命的な病気から回復する可能性は、ごく少ない、あったとしても、臓器移植無しには。

　　Some think that the present system places too much emphasis on individual rights and that we should take this serious situation into consideration. Others point out the danger of our bodies falling under the control of the government. This issue will be talked over /in various fields /from now on.

　現在の制度はあまりにも重視しすぎると考える人もいる、個人の権利を、この深刻な現状を考慮すべきだと考える人もいる。また、指摘する者もいる、私たちの身体が政府の支配下に置かれることの危険性を、この問題は討議されるだろう、様々な分野において、今後。