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课件网) Words and Expressions Unit 1 Living Well By Wen Qianwen About the topic 01 01 02 Stephen Hawking 03 Who are they? Helen Keller Zhang Dingyu 张定宇 “King of the universe” English theoretical physicist Put forward the Theory of Black Hole Made great contribution to science though stuck in the wheelchair Stephen William Hawking 史提芬 · 霍金 American author and lecturer. Lost her eyesight and hearing at 19 months old the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Most famous literature work: The story of My life “The worst misfortune is not the ever hurt, but the hopeless future.” Helen Keller 海伦·凯勒 President of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital Diagnosed in 2018 with ALS (渐冻人症) Will lose the ability to walk, sit or even breathe gradually Running against time in the battle of Covid-2019(新型冠状病毒肺炎) “I desperately make full use of every single minute” Zhang Dingyu 张定宇 With an outbreak of Novel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎), Zhang Dingyu, the president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, and his fellow workers have been overloaded with work. Zhang has been so busy lately that he can’t get adequate sleep. Sometimes he goes to bed at about 2 am and gets up at around 4 am. “Normally, nurses change shifts every two hours,” he said, “now the nurses, as well as doctors, must work four or five hours straight without a break.” Zhang, who was diagnosed in 2018 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(肌萎缩侧索硬化症，俗称“渐冻人症”), must slowly make his way up and down the stairs. “My leg muscles have become weaker because of the disease. In other words, he didn’t have access to many things, such as playing basketball and football. I am clumsy, and sometimes I get out of breath, so I have to stop and rest occasionally.” he said. n.同伴 adj.足够的 n.途径 adj.笨拙的 上气不接下气的 Even so, Zhang - who has been on the front line of medical emergencies for decades, including the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 and overseas medical relief missions to Algeria and Pakistan?-?overcomes difficulties to adapt to his disability and tries his best to quicken his pace to save precious time for patients. What makes the unyielding man weep is that his wife was infected with NCP while working at another hospital. He felt guilty when he knew it. “I remember it was Jan 13. I talked with her about a patient who was struggling for breath after a seizure (抽搐), “Zhang said. “My wife told me that she had the same symptoms. I thought she was joking and I was even annoyed.” Fortunately, Zhang’s wife received treatment and recovered. 适应 n.残疾 n.生气的 n.症状 Instead of attending to her, Zhang continued working tirelessly. “As my life is counting down, I don’t have time to sit around. I have to run, competing against time to get more patients back from the critical pandemic (全球流行病).” Zhang and his team got some relief and great encouragement when medical aid from the ... ...
