Unit

2MoralsandVirtuesReadingandthinking"Life

is

preceus

.

To

a

person

nething

is

moreprecious

than

their

life,and

iftheyentrust

mewith

that

lite,how

could

I

refuse

that

trust.

uyingI'mcold,hungry.ortired?"ThesewordsofDrLinQuozhigive

issa

look

into

the

heart

ofthk

amszingwoman,andwhatcariedherthrougha

life

of

hardchoices.Asa

five-year-old

girl,tin

Qiaozhi

was

deeplyaffeted

by

ber

mothes'sdeath.AIage18,ingead

ot

tollowing

the

tradinonol

path

ot

marlagelke

thema]jority

ofgirls,she

choseto

study

medicine

"Why

should

gils

learn

so

much>finding

a

good

husbandsbould

be

their

final

goal"her

brother

complained,t

hinkongof

thehightoitionfees

Sheresponded

"Tdrather

stay

singleto

study

all

my

lifer"Eightyearslater.LingraduatedfromPekingth

Olovh

1901-190

Union

Medical

College(PUMC)wth

the

WenbalScholarsMp,thebighestprzeglventograduate

She

immedutelybecame

the

first

womanever

to

behlred

asa

resident

pbysldanintheOB-GYNdepartmentof

thePUMCHospitat.

Withinsixmonths,shewasnamedachiefresdentphysican,a

positionthat

usuallytookfour

yearsto

achieve.Ater

working

for

a

few

years,she

was

sent

to

study

in[urope

and

then,in1939,in

the

US.She

greatly

impressed

her

Ametican

colleagues,whe

invited

her

to

stay.Drlin,however.re]ected

the

offer.She

wanted

to

serve

the

women

and

children

at

home.Io

1941,Dr

Linbecame

thefirst

Chinesewoman

ever

to

be

appointed

director

ot

the

OB-GYNdepariment

of

the

PUMC

Hospital,but

just

a

few

months

later,the

department

was

closedbecause

ofthe

war.Thinking

of

all

the

pcople

sill

in

need

ofhelp,Dr

Lin

opencd

a

private

cdink.Shechargedverylowfcestotreatpatentsondoften

reducedcostsfor

poor

patients.

Attimesshewaservenseenridinga

donkeyto

faraway

villages

toprovide

medicaluare.16UNIT2MoRWL$ANOVFTUEsQ1:Basedonthetitle

andthepictures,whatisthefemale'sjob?A1:She

is

adoctorwhodelivered

thousandsofbabies.before

readingMOTHEROFTENTHOUSAND

BABIESAfemaledoctorwhodelivered

lots

ofbabies.fast

readingSkimthetextandanswerthequestionsQ1.Whattypeof

writingisthispassage?A.Argumentativewriting(議論文)

B.Narrative

writing(記敘文)C.Expositorywriting(說明文)biography(傳記)Q2:Inwhichorderisthetextorganized?Intheorder

of

time54.

shewas

es,shg

heldmanyimportant

positions.Herheart,however,was

elsewhere.

Shewasoreinteoledintendingpatents,publshing

medlcalresearchoncareforwomenandchidren,andtralningthenextgenerationof

doctors."TheOB-GYNdepartmentcaresfortwo

llves,"shetold

newstaff

in

her

department."As

doctors,weshouldberesponsible

forthepatients

andtreat

them

asour

sisters."ThoughUinQlaozhìnevermarried,shewasknownas

the

"mother

often

thousand

babies",havingdellvered

over

50,000

babies

in

her

lifetime.DrLin

didnotretireuntl

the

day

she

died,22

Aprll1983.Since

she

had

nochlldren

ofherown,sheleltheesavingstoakindergartenand

a

fund

fornew

dodors

.And

even

as

she

lay

dying,her

finalomgntswere

for

others."T'm

ready

to

go."shesaid."Don'ttryto

rescue

me

any

more.Don'twastethemedicineanymore."Biography(傳記)usually

uses

the

thirdpersonpointof

view."Lifeis

precious....To

a

person

nothing

is

morepreclous

than

their

life,and

if

they

entrust

mewiththat

life,how

could

I

refuse

that

trust,

sayingI'mcold,hungry,ortired?"Thesewordsof

DrLinQiaozhigiveusalook

intotheheartof

thisamazingwoman,andwhat

carriedherthrough

a

lifeof

hardchoices.kafive-year-old

y

Lin

Qlaozhiwas

deeply

fectedby

her

motbers

deay

At

age

18,instyad

of

followingthe

traditlonatpfmarrlge

like

e

tostudymedicdne.Findinga

goody"her

brothertuition

fees.

beto

studyalfrom

Pekingthe

Wenhal

firstwoman

MCHospital.

allytook

four

and

then,in

kertostay.Dr

home.ftheOB-GYNhtwas

closedbedaprivateboorpatients.

I

care.readingReadand

find

out:19831954Age

18Age

519318Timeorderfastyears19411901laterfast

readingShewaselectedgovernmentofficial.1954Shestudiedinthe

US.1931ShegraduatedfromPUMC.8

yearslaterTimeorderShe

died.1983Age

18Shechosetostudymedicine.Hermother

died.Age

5ShebecamethefirstChinesewomandirectoratPUMC..Shewasborn.19011941“Life

is

precious...To

a

personnothing

is

more

precious

thantheir

life,and

if

they

entrust

mewith

that

life,how

could

I

refusethat

trust,saying

I'm

cold,hungry,or

tired?"These

words

of

Dr

LinQiaozhi

give

us

a

look

into

theheart

of

this

amazing

woman,

and

what

carried

her

through

alife

of

hard

choices.TimeHard

choicesReasonsDifficultiesqualitiesAt

ageShe

chose

to

studyShe

was

deeply18medicine

instead

ofaffected

by

herInDo

you

think

Lin

would

regret

making

so

much

sacrifice

to

help

others?Why?√

1

1W11uL

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choca

to

ananoShe

thonoht

nfWhat

did

Dr.Lin

gain

from

her

choices?over

thenextseveraldecadesShe

chose

to

focus

onmedical

work

insteadof

seeking

a

politicalposition.She

was

deeplyaffected

by

hermother's

deathThough

Lin

Qiaozhi

never

married,shewas

known

as

the“mother

oftentHowdoyouunderstand“MotherofTenThousandbabies”?own,shelefther

savings

to

akindergartenandafund

fornew

doctors.Andevenas

shelay

dying,her

finalthoughtswere

for

others.“I'mready

togo,"she

said.“Don't

try

to

rescue

meanymore.Don'twaste

the

medicine

anymore.”A:I

think

the

most

impressing

choice

is....IfI

were

Lin

Qiaozhi,...

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is...What

aboutyou?B:I

would...,because

my

principle

is...Usefulstructures:Instead

of...,I

would

choose

to...Thinking

of...,I

would......,however,I

would

be

more

interested

in...If

you

were

Lin

Qiaozhi,how

would

you

choose?post

reading

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a

dialogue

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