新概念早讀英語初中版 第2期:伊迪絲.卡維爾
伊迪絲.卡維爾
Edith Cavell was born in a little English village.
伊迪絲.卡維爾出生在英國一個小山村里。
She was a clever, hard-working girl and did well atschool,
她是個既聰明又勤奮的女孩,在學(xué)校里表現(xiàn)出色,
especially in music and French.
尤其是在音樂和法語方面。
After she left school,
離開學(xué)校之后，
her first job was to look after the children of a rich family in Belgium.
她的第一份工作是替一位富有的比利時人照顧孩子。
The language they spoke was French,
他們說法語，
so she found that her school studies were useful.
因此伊迪絲覺得她在學(xué)校里學(xué)到的東西派上了用場。
She,in turn,taught the children to speak English and to play the piano.
反過來,她耐心地教孩子們說英語,彈鋼琴。
After hearing that her father was seriously ill,
聽到父親病重的消息后，
Edith returned home to look after him. She then decided to become a nurse.
伊迪絲回到家里去照顧他.那時,她下決心要當一名護士。
Then for five years she worked in an English hospital
后來,她在一家英國醫(yī)院里工作了五年。
where she proved to be highly professional at her job.
她在工作中表現(xiàn)出了很高的專業(yè)技能。
A Belgian doctor was so impressed
一位比利時醫(yī)生對她印象深刻
that he invited her to his country to organize a training school for nurses.
并邀請她去比利時組織一個護士培訓(xùn)學(xué)校。
The First World War broke out in 1914
1914年,第一次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)，
and Edith Cavell's school of nursing became a hospital.
伊迪絲.卡維爾的護士學(xué)校變成了一所醫(yī)院。
She remained there to look after the sick and wounded soldiers.
她留在那里照顧生病和受傷的士兵們，
Edith treated them with kindness.
對他們充滿愛心。
Between November 1914 and August 1915 she secretly helped
從1914年11月到1915年 8月期間,她秘密地幫助
about 200 wounded soldiers and prisoners escape from the Germans.
大約200名士兵和囚犯從德國人手中逃脫。
Later the German army found out what Edith had done and they arrested her.
后來,德國敵人發(fā)現(xiàn)了伊迪絲的舉動,于是逮捕了她。
Finally,the Germans killed her,but they could not kill her memory.
伊迪絲最后被德國人殺害,但人們永遠不會忘記她。
A beautiful statue has been built in Trafalgar Square, London,
人們在倫敦的特拉法爾加廣場建造了一個美麗的雕塑，
in honor of the brave English nurse.
以紀念這位勇敢的英國護士。
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