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The Story of Florence Nightingale

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弗劳伦斯.南丁格尔的故事

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Florence Nightingale was born in Italy on 12 May 1820 and was named

Florence after her birthplace. Florence and her sister were educated by 4

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their father and private teachers. She excelled in her studies. When she

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grew up , she decided to become a nurse. This decision greatly upset her

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family, because at that time nurses in England were looked down upon by

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people. But she was determined, and began caring for the sick in

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hospitals.

弗劳伦斯.南丁格尔于1820年5月12日出生在意大利，并以他的出生地命

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名。其父亲和私人教师教弗劳伦斯.南丁格尔和她的妹妹学习。她学业优秀。长

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大后，她决定做一名护士，这个决定令她的家人很不安。因为在当时的英国，

护士这个职业被别人看不起。但是，她已下定决心,并开始在医院护理病患。

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In 1854 ,England was fighting a war with Russia in Turkey .At the

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front many British soldiers were wounded or sick. The wounded soldiers

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lay on the hard floors of a dirty army hospital. In the evening, the tried

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to sleep, but rats ran over their bodies. The conditions for them were

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terrible.

1854年，英国与俄国在土耳其交战，很多英国士兵在前线受伤或患病，伤

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兵们躺在肮脏的军队医院里坚硬的地板上。到了晚上。他们尽力入睡，但是老

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鼠在他们身上跑来跑去，他们的环境真是太糟了。

Reports of the sufferings of the wounded in the front created anger

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in Britain. In response, the government appointed Florence Nightingale

to hire female nurses to work in the military hospitals in the front.

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Florence arrived in Crimea with thirty-eight nurses. At first ,the

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doctors did not believe that women could help. But in fact, the nurses

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did make a difference. By day, nurses cleaned the wards and cared for

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the soldiers. At night, Nightingale took a lamp and walked around the

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hospital attending the patients. The soldiers began to call Florence

“The lady with the Lamp”.

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有关前线伤员们的痛苦遭遇的报道在英国激起了愤慨，为此，政府指派弗

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劳伦斯.南丁格尔招聘女护士到前线军队医院工作。于是南丁格尔和38个女护

士来到了克里米亚，刚开始，医生们认为这些女人帮不上忙。但是，事实上护33

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士们所起的作用大不一样。在白天，护士们清理病房，照顾士兵。在晚上，南

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丁格尔提着灯在医院到处走动照顾病人。这些士兵们开始称“提灯女士”。

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Florence also wrote home on behalf of the soldiers. she acted as a

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banker, sending the men’s wages home to their families, and set up

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reading-rooms in the hospital. In return, she gained the respect of the

British soldiers.

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弗劳伦斯替士兵给家人写信，她还当出纳员，把军人的工资寄给他们的家

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人，又在医院设立了读书室。为此，她赢得了英国士兵的尊敬。

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1.Nightingale and the nurses worked around the clock, tending the

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sick and the wounded. Thanks to their hard work, many wounded soldiers

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survived. The death rate of wounded soldiers fell from 42% to 2.2%.

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南丁格尔和护士们夜以继日的工作，照顾伤病员。多亏她们辛苦的工作，

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许多伤员得以存活下来，伤兵的死亡率从42%下降到22%。

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Florence returned to Britain as a heroine. Because of her excellent