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(节选自人教版必修第三册Unit 2)
MOTHER OF TEN THOUSAND BABIES
“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.
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 work and study.“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!” Later, she went on to study medicine as she had wished.
In 1929, Lin graduated from Peking Union Medical College(PUMC) 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.
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.
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.”
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.”
【好词好句积累】
1.precious adj.珍稀的;宝贵的
2.entrust vt.委托;交付
3.carry sb through sth帮助某人渡过难关
4.marriage n.结婚;婚姻
5.majority n.大部分;大多数
6.respond vt.回答;回复 vi.做出反应;回应
7.colleague n.同事;同僚
8.reject vt.拒绝接受;不录用
9.appoint vt.任命;委派
10.elect vt.选举;推选
11.staff n.员工;全体职员
12.deliver vt. & vi.递送;传达 vt.发表;接生;分娩
13.retire vi. & vt.退休;退职;退出
14.saving n.节省物;节省;节约;[pl.]储蓄金;存款
15.She immediately became the first woman ever to be hired as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. (不定式作后置定语)
她随即成为北京协和医院妇产科聘任的第一位女住院医师。
16.Thinking of all the people still in need of help, Dr Lin opened a private clinic. (现在分词作状语)
想到还有那么多人需要帮助,林医生开办了一间私人诊所。
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