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全新版大学英语综合教程第4册Unit3

TextB

HanSuyinwasborninBeijingin1917.HerfatherwasaChineserailwayengineerand

hermotheraDutchlady.Sheisaphysicianandtheauthorofmanyworks,includingA

MortalFlower,whichtellsoftheexperiencesoftheauthorandherfamily,bothinand

outofChina.Thisexcerptdescribestheauthor’sexperienceoflookingforherfirstjob

intheearly1930s.

AMortalFlower

HanSuyin

1.ThedayaftermeetingHildaIwrotealettertotheRockefellerFoundation,applying

forajob.

2.NeitherFathernorMotherthoughtIwouldgetin.“Youhavetohavepull.It’san

Americanthing,RockefellerFoundation.Youmusthavepull.”

3.Mothersaid:“That’swheretheydoallthoseexperimentsondogsandpeople.All

theBigShotsoftheNankinggovernmentalsocameheretohavemedicaltreatment,

andsometimestookawayanursetobecomeanewwife.”

4.Itmadesensetome,typinginahospital;Iwouldlearnaboutmedicine,sinceI

wantedtostudymedicine.Andastherenomoneyathomeformetostudy,Iwouldearn

money,andpreparemyselftoentermedicalschool.Ihadalreadydiscoveredthata

convent-schooleducationwasnotatalladequate,andthatitwouldtakemeatleast

threemoreyearsofhardstudybeforebeingabletoenteranycollegeatall.Science,

mathematics,Chineseliteratureandtheclassics...withthepoorschoolinggiventome,

itwouldtakemeyearstogetreadyforauniversity.

5.“Iwilldoit,”Butclenchedteeth,decisiontearingmybowels,werenotenough;

therewasnomoney,nomoney,mymothersaidit,saidituntilIfeltasifeveryscrapof

foodIatewaswrenchedoffmyfather’sbody.

6.“Nooneisgoingtofeedyoudoingnothingathome.”Ofcourse,onewhodoesnot

workmustnoteatunlessonecangetmarried,whichiscalled:“beingsettledatlast.”

Butwithmyl