Becoming a Healer

做一名医者

Years ago, I worked at a small health clinic in a remote country. I had gone there to treat an obscure syndrome. It attacked people's lungs, causing them to need a respirator to breathe. I was trying out a new medication to treat these people instead of using a respirator. If I was successful, I would become famous.

几年前，我在一个偏远国家的一家小诊所工作。我去那里是为了治疗一种不明显的综合症。这种病起于人们的肺部，导致他们需要靠呼吸器来呼吸。我尝试了一种新的药物来治疗这些人，而不是使用呼吸器。如果我成功了，就会声名远播。

Everything was going fine until war broke out in a nearby country. Many people from that country fled the hostile invading army. The army wanted to dominate the people, but the people didn't want to be oppressed. So they walked hundreds of miles across barren land to get away.

一切都很顺利，直到附近一个国家爆发战争。许多人从那个国家逃离了敌对的侵略军。军队想要统治人民，但人民不想受压迫，所以他们走了几百英里穿过贫瘠的土地逃难。

Some of these people came to our clinic for treatment. I talked with them and learned of their difficulties. They did not beg or complain. I was impressed by their dignity.

其中一些人来我们诊所接受治疗。我和他们交谈，了解他们的困难。他们没有乞求，也没有抱怨。他们的尊严给我留下了深刻的印象。

There was one woman I will never forget. Her son suffered from malnutrition and stomach pain, and she didn't know what to do. Neither did I. I was not adept at treating malnutrition. Nonetheless, when I saw her sadness, I knew I had to help her son. 有一个女人我永远不会忘记。她的儿子营养不良，胃痛，她不知道该怎么办。我也不擅长治疗营养不良。尽管如此，当我看到她的悲伤，我知道我必须帮助她的儿子。

The woman had been feeding her son bread and water. She had a misconception that it would be enough for him. However, I knew that he needed to eat vegetables, too. So I took her outside and showed her a dense patch of edible plants. I taught her how to dig up the roots, peel them, and cook them for her son. I explained that she should increase her son's intake of these vegetables. Likewise, she should strive to get him some meat once a week to help him regain his strength.

这个女人一直在喂她的儿子面包和水。她误以为这就已经足够了。然而，我知道他也需要吃蔬菜。于是我带她出去，给她看了一片茂密的野菜。我教她如何挖根，剥皮，然后煮给她儿子吃。我解释说她应该让她儿子多吃蔬菜。同样，她应该努力每周给他弄些肉来帮助他恢复体力。

I sent her off with a prescription for some pain medicine, but she also left my office with some new culinary skills. A few weeks later, she returned to tell me her son was healthy again. As thanks, she gave me a beautiful ceramic bowl.

我给她开了一些止痛药，但她离开我的办公室时也掌握了一些新的烹饪技巧。几周后，她回来告诉我，她的儿子又恢复了健康。为了表示感谢，她送给我一个漂亮的陶瓷碗。

I never became famous. but I kept that bawl to remind me what it truly means to heal someone.

我从未成名。但我一直留着那个陶瓷碗，用来提醒自己治愈一个人的真正意义。

核心单词表

adept adj. 熟练的

barren adj. 贫瘠的

ceramic adj. 陶瓷的

culinary adj. 烹饪的

dense adi. 稠密的

dignity n. 尊严

dominate v. 支配

edible adj. 可食用的

hostile adj. 敌对的

intake n. 摄取量

likewise adv. 同样地

malnutrition n. 营养失调

medication n. 药物

misconception n. 误解

obscure adj. 不著名的

oppress v. 压迫

peel v. 剥

prescription n. 药方

respirator n. 呼吸器

strive v. 努力

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