A British girl who died after a terminal illness won the right to have her body frozen in an unprecedented ruling, the High Court said on Friday.
英国高等法院11月18日透露，一名因绝症而去世的英国女孩获得了死后冷冻遗体的准许，这是一次史无前例的裁决。
The 14-year-old girl from London had written to a judge explaining she wanted a chance to "live longer" after suffering from a rare form of cancer.
She had researched and
decided to undergo cryonics, the process through which people's bodies are frozen in the hope they will be brought back to life with the help of future medical
advancements.
"I am only 14-years-old and I don't want to die but I know I am going to die," she wrote to the judge.
"I think being cryo-preserved gives me a chance to be cured and woken up -- even in hundreds of years' time."
The girl launched legal action to request that her mother, who supported the child's wishes, be the only person allowed to make decisions about the disposal of her body.
Her parents are divorced and the teenager's father
initially objected to his daughter's plan.
Judge Peter Jackson ruled in the girl's favour in October following a private hearing at the High Court of England and Wales in London.
相关单词：unprecedented
unprecedented解释：adj.无前例的，新奇的
unprecedented例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
相关单词：decided
decided解释：adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
decided例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
相关单词：advancements
advancements解释：n.（级别的）晋升( advancement的名词复数 )；前进；进展；促进
advancements例句：
Today, the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements. 当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
Great advancements in drought prediction have been made in recent years. 近年来，人们对干旱灾害的预报研究取得了长足的进步。 来自互联网
相关单词：initially
initially解释：adv.最初，开始
initially例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
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