[00:10.84]A:Mary proposes to have a get-together at Ms White's house.
[00:18.13]What do you think of that?B:I think it's a good idea.
[00:23.61]But,it will cause Ms White a lot of trouble.
[00:29.70]A:We can go there early and help with all the work
[00:35.29]B:I'm still not certain whether it's suitable
[00:40.39]A:Oh,you mean we may disturb the neighbours?
[00:44.80]B:That's the problem. A:How about having the meeting in our classroom?
[00:50.49]B:It's no as good as Ms White's house.
[00:55.09]Let's talk over the matter with Mary and Judy.OK?
[01:00.50]Listening Comprehension
[01:06.69]A.Listen and choose an appropriate response to what you've heard.
[02:16.41]B.For each of the following groups of sentences,you will hear only one sentence
[02:24.80]Find the one which is closest in meaning to the sentence you have heard.
[05:10.10]Text The Lady of the Lamp
[05:15.61]New words and expressions
[05:20.42]Florence Nightingale
[05:24.17]弗洛伦斯.南丁格尔
[05:27.92]duty
[05:30.71]责任,义务
[05:33.51]nursing
[05:36.65]护理专业
[05:39.80]the Crimean War
[05:43.20]克里米亚战争
[05:46.59]dirt
[05:49.74]污物,灰尘
[05:52.89]smell
[05:55.84]闻到,察觉
[05:58.79]officer
[06:01.59]官员
[06:04.38]lip
[06:07.28]嘴唇
[06:10.18]dangerously
[06:12.99]危险地
[06:15.80]kiss
[06:18.59]吻
[06:21.39]shadow
[06:23.99]影子
[06:26.59]"Be a lady,dear.That's what we want!"
[06:35.28]How many times pretty young Florence Nightingale
[06:40.40]heard these wordsfrom her father and mother!But for her
[06:46.70]being a lady was not enough.She wanted to do something to help others
[06:54.20]As a child,she felt that visiting sick people was a duty
[07:01.30]and a pleasure.She enjoyed helping them
[07:06.11]As often as she could,she visited hospitals in other countries.
[07:13.01]She saw so much suffering that she knew she must help.
[07:18.49]At last,her mind was made up."I'm going to be a nurse,"
[07:25.96]she decided.She went to learn nursing in Germany and France
[07:33.96]When she returned to England,Florence started a nursing home for women
[07:40.85]Here she did everything—from washing floors to giving her patients new hope
[07:48.01]During the Crimean War in 1854,many soldiers were wounded or became ill
[07:57.39]News reached England that they were receiving little care
[08:02.77]Florence went with thirty-eight nurses to the field hospitals
[08:09.06]What they saw there was even worse than they had expected
[08:15.54]Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen—and smelled.
[08:21.32]She found it very difficult to teach the officer there how to run a hospital.
[08:28.11]Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes beds
[08:36.31]medicines,and food for the men.
[08:39.99]Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers
[08:46.18]But,they were more than enough for this kind woman.
[08:50.99]She fell dangerously ill herself,but she did not stop working.
[08:58.28]Even late at night,she could be seen walking with a lamp past each bed.
[09:05.59]The soldiers often kissed her shadow
[09:09.49]as "the lady of the lamp"went by.
[09:13.48]After the war,she returned to Englandand was honoured for her services
[09:20.88]by Queen Victoria.But,Florence said that
[09:26.07]her work had just begun.She raised money to build the Nightingale
[09:32.55]Home for Nurses in London,and she asked young girls to learn nursing there
[09:40.26]She also wrote a book on public health,which was printed in several countries.
[09:47.65]Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety,
[09:53.84]still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse.
[09:59.14]Indeed,it is because of Florence Nightingale the nurses are honoured today.
