第40课（252字2分钟）

Passage forty

（K9 level）

1. Edith Cavell was born in a small English village.

2. She was an intelligent and diligent girl who excelled in her studies, particularly in music and French.

3. After completing her education, her first job was as a governess, caring for the children of a wealthy family in Belgium.

4. The family spoke French, which made her school studies especially valuable.

5. She was able to communicate with them fluently while teaching the children English and piano.

6. When Edith learned that her father had fallen gravely ill, she returned home to care for him.

7. She then resolved to pursue a career in nursing.

8. Over the next five years, she worked at an English hospital where her skills and professionalism stood out.

9. A Belgian doctor, impressed by her abilities, invited her to Belgium to establish a nurse training school.

10. In 1914, the outbreak of the First World War turned Edith Cavell’s nursing school into a hospital.

11. She chose to stay and care for the sick and wounded soldiers.

12. Edith treated all her patients with compassion and dedication.

13. Between November 1914 and August 1915, she secretly helped around 200 injured soldiers and prisoners escape from German captivity.

14. Eventually, the German army discovered her activities and arrested her.

15. Ultimately, the Germans executed Edith, but they could not erase her legacy.

16. A tall statue now stands in Trafalgar Square, London, to commemorate the courageous English nurse.

生词表（New Words）

1. born 出生 small 小 village 村庄

2. intelligent 聪明 diligent 勤奋 excelled 出色

music 音乐

1. first 第一 job 工作 governess 家庭教师

children 孩子 Belgium 比利时

2. family 家庭 spoke 说 French 法语

school 学习 useful 有用

3. communicate 交流 fluently 流利 teach 教

English 英语 piano 钢琴

4. father 父亲 gravely 严重 ill 病

returned 回家 care 照顾

5. resolved 决心 pursue 投身 career 事业

nursing 护理

6. worked 工作 hospital 医院 skills 技能

professionalism 专业

7. doctor 医生 impressed 印象深刻invited 邀请

establish 创办 training 培训 school 学校

8. outbreak 爆发 war 战争 nursing 护士

school 学校 turned 变成 hospital 医院

9. chose 选择 stay 留下 care 照顾

soldiers 士兵 sick 生病 wounded 受伤

10. treated 对待 patients 病人 compassion 同情

dedication 奉献

11. secretly 秘密 helped 帮助 soldiers 士兵

prisoners 战俘 escape 逃离 captivity 控制

14. discovered 发现 activities 行动 arrested 逮捕

15. executed 处决 erase 抹去 legacy 遗产

16. statue 雕像 stands 矗立 commemorate 纪念

courageous 勇敢 nurse 护士

1. 伊迪丝·卡维尔出生在一个小小的英国村庄。

2. 她是一位聪明且勤奋的女孩，在学业上表现出色，尤其擅长音乐和法语。

3. 完成学业后，她的第一份工作是做一名家庭教师，照顾一个比利时富有家庭的孩子们。

4. 这个家庭说法语，这让她的学校所学特别有用。

5. 她能够流利地与他们交流，同时教孩子们英语和钢琴。

6. 当伊迪丝得知她的父亲病得很重时，她回到家中照顾他。

7. 随后，她决心投身护理事业。

8. 接下来的五年里，她在一家英国医院工作，她的技能和专业精神脱颖而出。

9. 一位比利时医生对她的能力印象深刻，邀请她前往比利时创办一所护士培训学校。

10. 1914年，第一次世界大战爆发，将伊迪丝·卡维尔的护士学校变成了一家医院。

11. 她选择留下来照顾病人和受伤的士兵。

12. 伊迪丝以同情心和奉献精神对待所有病人。

13. 在1914年11月至1915年8月间，她秘密帮助了大约200名受伤士兵和战俘逃离德国人的控制。

14. 最终，德国军队发现了她的行动并逮捕了她。

15. 最后，德国人处决了伊迪丝，但无法抹去她的精神遗产。

16. 如今，伦敦特拉法加广场矗立着一座高大的雕像，以纪念这位勇敢的英国护士。