最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit13-Part1

 

[00:10.05]UNIT13

[00:13.77]Norman Bethune: a Canadian Hero in China

[00:18.69]Norman Bethune was born in Gravenhurst, 

[00:23.72]Ontario, Canada in 1890. 

[00:26.02]His family had a long history 

[00:29.52]of human service, a fact

[00:31.49]that undoubtedly¹ shaped his life

[00:33.79]in later years. From the outset, 

[00:37.29]as a young university student, 

[00:39.70]he developed a mission, 

[00:41.88]or goal in life, of compassion 

[00:44.62]and commitment to helping 

[00:46.48]the less fortunate to find 

[00:48.01]freedom from the chains of poverty. 

[00:50.86]In earnest, he developed 

[00:54.25]a selflessness that dominated 

[00:55.67]his whole life, but 

[00:57.86]not without personal sacrifice. 

[01:00.05]He was in a troubled marriage 

[01:03.22]that consequently ended in divorce. 

[01:05.73]Progressive medicine and humanitarian 

[01:08.80]deeds became the sole 

[01:10.99]purposes of his life. 

[01:13.17]Understandably, his much younger wife, 

[01:16.67]Frances, could not tolerate this situaton.

[01:20.61]From 1911 to 1912, Bethune worked 

[01:27.17]as a lumberjack and teacher 

[01:29.29]in a remote area of Ontario.

[01:31.58]He taught at“Frontier College”, 

[01:34.32]a unique school that provided  

[01:36.29]basic education to adult workers 

[01:38.47]at the lumber² camps.

[01:40.66]During the First World War, 

[01:43.40]he became a stretcher bearer 

[01:45.15](helping to carry the wounded 

[01:47.56]from the battlefields). 

[01:49.64]He, himself, was wounded 

[01:51.60]by shrapnel(fragments of exploding  shells). 

[01:54.89]He was confined, as a patient, 

[01:58.72]to hospitals for months, 

[02:01.01]receiving therapy and recuperating 

[02:03.64]from his injuries.

[02:05.50]After the war, he completed 

[02:09.11]his internship³ at the hospital 

[02:11.30]for sick children in London, 

[02:13.37]England, leading to a certificate 

[02:15.56]as“A Fellow of the  Royal

[02:18.08]College of Surgeons”.

[02:19.72]Later,in the United States, 

[02:23.55]Bethune came in contact with 

[02:26.18]poverty and deprivation⁴, but 

[02:28.36]his skills as a doctor 

[02:30.22]also attracted wealthy patients 

[02:32.85]who were willing to pay for 

[02:35.04]services usually denied to the poor. 

[02:38.43]He began to appreciate 

[02:41.05]how money was corrupting 

[02:42.48]the medical system. 

[02:44.77]He developed an acute concern 

[02:47.07]for the unattended medical needs 

[02:50.13]and suffering among the poor. 

[02:52.55]His mission was to relieve, 

[02:54.95]as much as he could, 

[02:57.03]the plight⁵ of the less fortunate. 

[02:59.43]He was appalled⁶ at 

[03:01.52]the indifference⁷ shown by governments 

[03:03.92]to these conditions. 

[03:05.67]It was at this time that 

[03:07.86]his own health suffered a setback⁸. 

[03:10.48]He had developed tuberculosis⁹ 

[03:13.22]of the left lung and 

[03:15.08]had to undergo a successful 

[03:17.16]but dangerous operation.This episode 

[03:21.54]with his health had 

[03:23.40]a tremendous  impact on his life. 

[03:25.91]It stimulated¹⁰ an interest 

[03:28.21]in thoracic medicine, especially 

[03:30.18]the surgical¹¹ aspects in this field 

[03:33.35]and for a couple of years 

[03:35.76]he worked at a tuberculosis hospital 

[03:37.94]in the United States.

[03:40.68]Following this  interval 

[03:42.65]in the United States, in 1929,

[03:45.16]he began to specialize in 

[03:48.01]thoracic medicine at the 

[03:49.76]Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. 

[03:52.72]He also began to write 

[03:55.78]in medical journals, outlining 

[03:57.97]new surgical techniques.Later, 

[04:00.70]he invented, developed and 

 

[04:03.98]refined surgical instruments.

1 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。

2 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

3 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习

4 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

5 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

6 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 indifference   

n.不感兴趣，不关心，冷淡，不在乎

参考例句：

• I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
• He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。

8 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

9 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

10 stimulated   

a.刺激的

参考例句：

• The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
• The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。

11 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。