大连海事大学《考研英语》Unit 9 Listening.docVIP

Unit Nine Man of Time Part One Warm-up Listening Florence Nightingale Task One Years Experiences On 12 May, 1820 She was born and named after the city of her birth. In 1837 She felt that God was calling her to do some work, and then she developed an interest in nursing, which was quite against her parents’ will. In 1851 Her parents finally relented and she went to Kaiserwerth in Germany for three months nursing training. In 1853 She became superintendent of a hospital for gentlewomen in Harley Street. In 1854 The Crimean War began and the war minister asked her to oversee a team of nurses in the military hospitals in Turkey. Finally, she greatly improved the conditions and reduced the mortality rate. In 1856 She returned to England. In 1860 She established the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas Hospital in London. In 1910 She died. Task Two （略） Florence Nightingale Famous for her work in the military hospitals of the Crimea, Nightingale established nursing as a respectable profession for women. Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820, and named after the city of her birth. Her wealthy parents were in Florence as part of a tour of Europe. In 1837, Nightingale felt that God was calling her to do some work but wasn’t sure what that work should be. She began to develop an interest in nursing, but her parents continued it to be a profession inappropriate to a woman of her class and background, and would not allow her to train as a nurse. They expected her to make a good marriage and live a conventional upper class woman’s life. Nightingale’s parents eventually relented and in 1851, she went to Kaiserwerth in Germany for three months nursing training. This enabled her to become superintendent of a hospital for gentlewomen in Harley Street, in 1853. The following year, the Crimean War began and soon reports in the newspapers were describing the desperate lack of proper medical facilities for wounded British soldiers at the front.