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Book 3 Unit 2 Morals and Virtues
Reading and Thinking
(Learn to make choices in life)
What are some important life choices?
What factors will you take into consideration
if you think about your major or future career
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
Lin Qiaozhi (1901-1983)
“Life is precious. ... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired ” These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard choices.
Para. 1 Opening paragraph
①“Life is precious. ... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired ”
②These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and
what carried her through a life of hard choices.
Para. 1 Opening paragraph
quote
topic
What hard choices did Dr Lin face throughout
her life
Underline the sentences about these choices.
Choice 1: At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls, she chose to study medicine.
Choice 2: Dr Lin, however, rejected the offer. She wanted to serve the women and children at home.
Choice 3: Thinking of all the people still in need of help, Dr Lin opened a private clinic.
Choice 4: She was more interested in tending patients, publishing medical research on care for women and children, and training the next generation of doctors.
She chose to study medicine rather than get married.
She chose to serve the people at home rather than work abroad.
She chose to open a private clinic to help people in need
She chose to focus on the medical cause rather than hold important positions.
①As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply affected by her mother’s death.
②At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls, she chose to study medicine.
③“Why should girls learn so much Finding a good husband should be their final goal!” her brother complained, thinking of the high tuition fees.
④She responded, “I’d rather stay single to study all my life!”
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Para. 2 Her first choice
choice
reason
difficulty
attitude
①Eight years later, Lin graduated from Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) with the Wenhai Scholarship, the highest prize given to graduates. ②She immediately became the first woman ever to be hired as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital.③Within six months, she was named a chief resident physician, a position that usually took four years to achieve. ④After working for a few years, she was sent to study in Europe and then, in 1939, in the US. ⑤She greatly impressed her American colleagues, who invited her to stay. ⑥Dr Lin, however, rejected the offer. ⑦She wanted to serve the women and children at home.
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Para. 3 Her second choice
choice
excellence
(more chances)
①In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman ever to be appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital, but just a few months later, the department was closed because of the war.
②Thinking of all the people still in need of help, Dr Lin opened a private clinic.
③She charged very low fees to treat patients and often reduced costs for poor patients. ④At times she was even seen riding a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care.
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Para. 4 Her third choice
choice
situation
kind actions
①The new People’s Republic of China saw Dr Lin Qiaozhi playing a key role. ②In 1954, she was elected to the first National People’s Congress and, over the next several decades, she held many important positions.
③Her heart, however, was elsewhere.
④She was more interested in tending patients, publishing medical research on care for women and children, and training the next generation of doctors.
⑤“The OB-GYN department cares for two lives,” She told new staff in her department. “As doctors, we should be responsible for the patients and treat them as our sisters.”
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Para. 5 Her forth choice
choice
possibe
choice
attitude
What aspects of information might be covered when we talk about a life choice?
choice
situation
reason
difficulty
quote(attitude...)
other possible choices
possible results
......
①Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”, having delivered over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.
②Dr Lin did not retire until the day she died, 22 April 1983.
③Since she had no children of her own, she left her savings to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.
④And even as she lay dying, her final thoughts were for others: “I’m ready to go,” she said. “Don’t try to rescue me any more. Don’t waste the medicine any more.”
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Para. 6 Concluding paragraph
What factors will you take into consideration
if you think about your major or future career
What can you learn from Dr Lin Qiaozhi
to inspire your important life choices
Homework
Read the passage after the recording for 5 times.
Draw a mind map of the passage.
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