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Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was born in a little English village.
伊迪丝.卡维尔出生在英国一个小山村里。
She was a clever, hard-working girl and did well at school, especially in music and French.
她是个既聪明又勤奋的女孩,在学校里表现出色，尤其是在音乐和法语方面。
After she left school, her first job was to look after the children of a rich family in Belgium.
离开学校之后，她的第一份工作是替一位富有的比利时人照顾孩子。
The language they spoke was French, so she found that her school studies were useful.
他们说法语，因此伊迪丝觉得她在学校里学到的东西派上了用场。
She, in turn, taught the children to speak English and to play the piano.
反过来,她耐心地教孩子们说英语,弹钢琴。
After hearing that her father was seriously ill, Edith returned home to look after him. She then decided to become a nurse.
听到父亲病重的消息后，伊迪丝回到家里去照顾他.那时,她下决心要当一名护士。
Then for five years she worked in an English hospital where she proved to be highly professional at her job.
后来,她在一家英国医院里工作了五年。她在工作中表现出了很高的专业技能。
A Belgian doctor was so impressed that he invited her to his country to organize a training school for nurses.
一位比利时医生对她印象深刻并邀请她去比利时组织一个护士培训学校。
The First World War broke out in 1914, and Edith Cavell's school of nursing became a hospital.
1914年,第一次世界大战爆发，伊迪丝.卡维尔的护士学校变成了一所医院。
She remained there to look after the sick and wounded soldiers. Edith treated them with kindness.
她留在那里照顾生病和受伤的士兵们，对他们充满爱心。
Between November 1914 and August 1915 she secretly helped about 200 wounded soldiers and prisoners escape from the Germans.
从1914年11月到1915年 8月期间,她秘密地帮助大约200名士兵和囚犯从德国人手中逃脱。
Later the German army found out what Edith had done and they arrested her.
后来,德国敌人发现了伊迪丝的举动,于是逮捕了她。
Finally, the Germans killed her, but they could not kill her memory.
伊迪丝最后被德国人杀害,但人们永远不会忘记她。
A beautiful statue has been built in Trafalgar Square, London, in honor of the brave English nurse.
人们在伦敦的特拉法尔加广场建造了一个美丽的雕塑，以纪念这位勇敢的英国护士。
重难点词汇
safari [səˈfɑ:ri]
n.游猎，类似游猎的假日旅行
admission [ədˈmɪʃn]
n.承认; 准许进入; 入场费
extra [ˈekstrə]
n. 额外的人或物
souvenir [ˌsu:vəˈnɪə(r)]
n. 纪念品
allowance [əˈlaʊəns]
n. 津贴，补助; 零用钱
stack [stæk]
n. 堆，叠
skateboard [ˈskeɪtbɔ:d]
n. 滑板
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