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UNIT 2 MORALS AND VIRTUES
Reading and Thinking
What are some important choices in your life?
How can we make a better choice without regret?
Read quickly and find out:
1. What is the text mainly about?
2. What kind of text is it?
3. In what order is it written?
1901
Age 5
Age 18
8 years later
1939
1941
1954
1983
“Life is precious. ... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard choices.
Para.1
quote
1. To attract reader's attention
2. To lead to the topic
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Para2-6 Hard choices
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
to get married vs to study medicine
to stay in the US vs to return to China
to stay safe vs to open a clinic
to hold positions vs to focus on work
to rescue herself vs to save others
Para 2
to get married vs to study medicine
Why were the choices hard to make?
Reason Difficulty Principle(原则)
deeply affected by her mother's death
tradition
tuition
cervical cancer宫颈癌
having a passion for studying
Para 3
to stay in the US vs to return to China
Why were the choices hard to make?
Reason Difficulty Principle
Para 4
to stay safe vs to open a clinic
Reason Difficulty Principle
serve people at home
giving up comfortable life
contributing to her motherland
think people in need of help
danger
considering patients
Para 5
to hold positions vs to focus on work
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Why were the choices hard to make?
Reason Difficulty Principle
Para 6
to rescue herself vs to save others
Reason Difficulty Principle
Interest
Responsibility
giving up fame and status
devoting herself to career
unwilling to waste medicine
loss of life
aspiring to putting others first
An amazing woman
What kind of person do you think Dr.Lin was? Find supporting sentences.
An amazing woman
What kind of person do you think Dr.Lin was? Find supporting sentences. .
e.g Para 2 She responded, ”I'd rather stay single to study all my life!”
From this sentence, I can learn that Dr.Lin was persistent(strong-willed/determined)
1 “Life is precious. ... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard choices.
2 As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply affected by her mother’s death. At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls, she chose to study medicine. “Why should girls learn so much? Finding a good husband should be their final goal!” her brother complained, thinking of the high tuition fees. She responded, “I’d rather stay single to study all my life!”
3 Eight years later, Lin graduated from Peking Union Medical College with the Wenhai Scholarship, the highest prize given to graduates. She immediately became the first woman ever to be hired as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. Within six months, she was named a chief resident physician, a position that usually took four years to achieve. After working for a few years, she was sent to study in Europe and then, in 1939, in the US. She greatly impressed her American colleagues, who invited her to stay. Dr Lin, however, rejected the offer. She wanted to serve the women and children at home.
4 In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman ever to be appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital, but just a few months later, the department was closed because of the war. Thinking of all the people still in need of help, Dr Lin opened a private clinic. She charged very low fees to treat patients and often reduced costs for poor patients. At times she was even seen riding a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care.
5 The new People’s Republic of China saw Dr Lin Qiaozhi playing a key role. In 1954, she was elected to the first National People’s Congress and, over the next several decades, she held many important positions. Her heart, however, was elsewhere. She was more interested in tending patients, publishing medical research on care for women and children, and training the next generation of doctors. “The OB-GYN department cares for two lives,” She told new staff in her department. “As doctors, we should be responsible for the patients and treat them as our sisters.”
6 Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”, having delivered over 50,000 babies in her lifetime. Dr Lin did not retire until the day she died, 22 April 1983. Since she had no children of her own, she left her savings to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors. And even as she lay dying, her final thoughts were for others: “I’m ready to go,” she said. “Don’t try to rescue me any more. Don’t waste the medicine any more.”
Summary
We read the life story of Lin Qiaozhi about
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●the hard choices she made when faced with moral dilemmas.
●the principles that guided her through the choices.
●the qualities she had as an amazing woman.
Para.1: “Life is precious. ... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I'm cold, hungry, or tired.”
Para.6: And even as she lay dying, her final thoughts were for others. ...
“As long as I can breathe, I belong to my department. The value of my life lies in treating patients.” --- Lin Qiaozhi
This was her life principle, and this was a great woman who stayed true to her original aspiration(初心).
Further thinking
No matter what you choose, stick to your original aspiration!(初心)
Think about your future choices relevant to universities, jobs,etc. And give your reasons.
THANKS
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