高三英语二轮复习学案-名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选：A Dose of Compassion.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 A Dose of Compassion（答案在最后） 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选A Dose of Compassion 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 心灵治愈 五星 1008 【文章梗概】任教九年后，我被诊断患有多发性硬化症，但依然坚守岗位。深思熟虑后，以防万一，我将诊断结果告知了校长和学校诊所护士Janice。在学校不慎摔倒后Janice细心为我抹药包扎，并关切询问我的近况。她的温柔关怀触及我内心最脆弱的地方，让我瞬间破防。Janice的一剂同情，一剂善良，以及倾听的耳朵温暖了我和无数像一年级生Jonny那样进入诊所的孩子们。 There never was any heart truly great and generous that was not also tender and compassionate. ~Robert South Any first-year elementary teacher knows that half the children she sends to the nurse aren’t sick at all. But what’s a teacher to do? If she sends him and he isn’t sick, he misses a math test. But if she doesn’t send him and he is sick, he may throw up all over the classroom. It is that thought that makes even veteran teachers tremble. So she sends little Johnny to the clinic. He practically skips down the hall with the clinic pass clutched tightly in his little fist. After five or ten minutes he returns to the classroom. The paraphernalia he brings back tells the story: two saltine crackers for a tummy ache, a Dixie cup with ice for a sore throat, or a Band-Aid for anything that involves even the most microscopic speck of blood. He walks back into class proudly displaying the proof that he was indeed declared to be in need of medical attention by a trained professional. At our school, her name is Nurse Janice. I had been teaching for nine years when I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic and unpredictable disease. The diagnosis brought with it worry, and surprisingly, relief. It meant that there was a name for my suffering. There was a reason for my debilitating fatigue and weakness. But it also meant that life changes would occur over which I had no control. Learning about the disease and how to cope with it filled my time and my thoughts. The fatigue was unbearable. No matter how much I slept or rested, I was still tired. On the outside I looked the same; no one would have suspected a thing. But the truth was, my health was