1、Unit One,My Hope for Medicine,Lead-in Questions:,Why did you choose medicine? Do you love this profession? What do you think of the future of medicine?,Text Organization,Para 1: Introduction with thesis statement: “While there have been several remarkable advances made in recent history, still I wor

2、ry about what will happen if the leaders of our beloved profession do not safeguard its future and let it fall to other medicines course.”,Para 2-3: His devotion to medicine and his view of medicine from a different perspective. Para 4-6: What is right with medicine today: -the quality of patient ca

3、re -the true importance of emotional and physical support -the teamwork of physicians and nurses,Para 7-9: His worry about allowing bureaucrats and administrators to change the goals of medicine dangerously and refutation of their arguments. Para 10: The need to educate the public on how suffering c

4、an be stopped and how money can be saved.,Para 11-12: To have resources allocated by the federal government or the business community is not merely pure lunacy, it is immoral. Para 13: Conclusion: restating his hope for medicine.,Language Points,Para 1 - reflect (on): to think seriously or carefully

5、; ponder e.g. to reflect on the question - fall to: 1) to begin; to set about He fell to work. 2) to move or come into place e.g. to fall to ones feet (=to kneel down / to collapse),Para 2 - zeal: intense desire or devotion; earnest enthusiasm - groundbreaking: characterized by originality and innov

6、ation: e.g. a groundbreaking technology 極富創(chuàng)造力的技術(shù),- calling1) an inner urge; a strong impulse. 愿望；欲望；對某項(xiàng)工作的愛好或使命感 He had a calling to become a firefighter. 他有過當(dāng)一名消防員的愿望。 My son has a calling to become an artist. 我兒子有一股熱望,要成為一名藝術(shù)家。,2) an occupation, a profession, or a career. She is a singer by callin

7、g. 她的職業(yè)是歌唱家。 What calling does he follow? 他是干什么的?,Para 3 - radicular: of or relating to the root - to subject (sb to sth): to cause to undergo or experience; to expose He often subjects himself to strong self- criticism. The plan should be subjected to careful consideration before it is carried out.

8、,Para 4 -even when a patient has been quite difficult: even when a patient has been rather troublesome. Para 5 Do we tell these nurses often enough the true importance of the emotional and physical support they give to me and the other patients who receive such treatment? Simple question: Aux + Subj

9、. + Verb + Ind. Obj. + Adv + DO + Adj. Clause Subj. + Verb + Prep. + Obj. + Adj. Clause (Subj.+ Verb + Obj.),Para 6 - progression (of a disease, esp. cancer) : the process of spreading or becoming more severe 擴(kuò)散或惡化 Para 7 -bureaucrat: bureau- Latin rough cloth (for covering desk); crat- “rule”,- rus

10、e: action or plan intended to deceive; trick - inflated price tag = increased medical expenses to inflate: to increase beyond previous or usual levels, as prices or currency,Nothing could be further from the truth. -It is absolutely untrue/wrong. - to astound: to overcome with sudden surprise or ama

11、zement; stun,Para 8 -there are thousands of persons who are alive only they are hooked to a respirator. only: conj. except that; but e.g. I would have come, only it was raining. hooked to: connected to “fat in the system”: redundancy in the medical care system fat: obesity; corpulence,-there can be

12、no heroic efforts made to keep chronically ill patients alive. heroic: on a grand scale; large or impressive 大規(guī)模的；堂皇的 cf. extraordinary made-post-modifier equal to a reduced adjective clause,Para 9 -litigation: the act or process of engaging in a lawsuit Para 11 -to take on: to get involved in; begi

13、n to deal with; undertake e.g. to take on a responsibility Now he is taking on environmental protection.,-to step in: to intervene -to track: to discover or find by following tracks or investigating evidence; to observe and record -to contend with: to deal with in or as in a struggle The man has to

14、contend with his wifes ill health. They are treating medicine as a business with assembly-line mentality. -with assembly-line mentality: adverbial phrase modifying “treating”. -mentality: manner or way of thinking; outlook,Para 13 The aging of America will stress the system even further. -The aging

15、of the American population will put more pressure on the medical system. This mission includes letting critically ill patients being kept alive on a ventilator die naturally and humanely. -lettingpatientsdie,-being kept alive on a ventilator: present participial phrase modifying “patients” -ventilator: respirator -client: one who engages the professional advice or services of another 客戶；當(dāng)事人; 委托人 1) the party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney. 2) a customer or patron: