最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit13-Part1（在线收听）

[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 undoubtedly 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 lumber 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 internship 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 deprivation, 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 plight of the less fortunate. 

[02:59.43]He was appalled at 

[03:01.52]the indifference 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 setback. 

[03:10.48]He had developed tuberculosis 

[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 stimulated an interest 

[03:28.21]in thoracic medicine, especially 

[03:30.18]the surgical 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.