How do you get involved in emergency medicine?
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当我成为一名急救员自愿者的时候，我的朋友都迷惑不解。他们深知道我对病人和即
terrified of sick and dying people. If there was an accident on the road, I tucked my head in my
将垂死的人尤为恐惧。如果路上发生车祸，我会用捂着眼睛害怕见那血腥的场面。
hands to avoid seeing blood or broken glass.
My husband and I had been married 30 years. We loved to travel, read and write. But at age
我和我的丈夫结婚三十年了，我们喜欢旅游，读书，写作。但在我52岁的时候
52, I felt stuck in a midlife funk, cut off from others. Passing the local firehouse one day, I saw a
我感觉自己陷入了中年恐惧症，并且鲜与朋友联系。有一天，当经过当地的消防站的时候看到急
sign: “Volunteers wanted: Fire/EMT.” The EMT part pointed to everything cowardly in me-my f
救员志愿者的招聘广告。急救员直击到我的懦弱之处----我最怕死亡和疾病。也许如果我能
ear of death and disease. Maybe I could help others if I did this and could also save myself by
通过帮助他人让我更好的正视自己内心的真正的恐惧。
facing what scared me most.
As time goes by, I was able to work through my fears. Now I understand that the closest I
随着时间的流逝，我一直能克服恐惧而工作。现在我终于能感受到上帝离我最近的时刻就是
have ever felt to God is in the back of an ambulance. When I rush out to help sick strangers, I am
一直尾随在救护车之后。当我冲出救护求助陌生病人时。我觉得此刻超越了本身的我。
part of something larger than myself. Sometimes I truly connect with someone who I would never
有时我很少和那些从未谋面的陌生人真诚的接触过，除了内莉。
have met otherwise-as I did with Nellie.
One midnight, the AIDS hospice needed help. A colleague and I were shown to a bedroom.
一天晚上，AIDS救助站需要援助。我和另一个同事被带到一房间。那里躺在着一个
Lying there was a thin black woman with wild hair. When I was given a printout of her medical
又黑又瘦头发凌乱的女人。当我看到她打印出来病历时，我想这个女人恐怕至少应该死上十
history, I thought., this lady should be dead over ten times. She had AIDS, hepatitis and TB. She
次。她患有爱滋，肝炎还有肺结核。大脑做过手术 ，今天晚上是病情发作了。
had brain surgery. Tonight she had a seizure.
“Hello, I’m Clarissa, are you in pain?” I asked. She replied by cursing at me. I didn’t take offense.，你好，我是克拉丽沙。你很痛苦吗？我问到. 她诅咒回复我。我并没有生气
When I rode alone with her in the back of the ambulance as another EMT drove, I reread the
当 我和她坐在救护车的后半部分由另一名急救人员驾驶救护车时我又看了一遍她的病历
printout. Nellie was 33 years old. No previous address. No family members. No next of kin. Her
：内莉33岁，没有家庭地址，没有家庭成员，没有亲戚朋友。她的整个人生就
whole life as presented here was just a list of medicines, symptoms and illnesses. One line caught
是展现在面前的药品清单，症状和疾病史。有一行引起我的注意：爱好
my attention: Hobbies. Nellie’s hobbies were sewing and gospel singing. I could not sew, but I
loved gospel music
内莉爱好缝纫和福音歌曲。我不会缝纫，但我也喜欢福音音乐。
“Nellie, it says here that you like gospel music,” I asked. I expected another curse, but it
内莉，上面说你很喜欢福音音乐”我问到。我想她会再次诅咒我。但是没有。
didn’t come. “I really like Shirley Caesar,” I continued, thinking of the singer’s heartbreaking song
我只喜欢凯莎，我说到。想到这个歌手关于一个母亲对他忘恩负义的儿子的爱时，所唱歌曲字字
about a mother’s love for her ungrateful son, pouring her soul into every word.
令人伤心
Suddenly Nellie’s eyes moved back and forth. “I like her too,” Nellie said weakly. I was
突然，内莉的眼睛移向前方。我也喜欢她。内莉说微弱的说到。我被惊呆了她还能
stunned she could speak. I started naming other gospel singers. With each one, Nellie nodded back, 能说话。我又说了好几个神音歌手。内莉表示点点头。
and I saw her try to smile. I was not a singer, but I decided to pretend that I was. It was not
我看到她试图微笑。我不是个歌手，此时此刻，我很想我是。不可想象，内莉可能随时在
unthinkable that Nellie might die during this ride to the hospital, that I would be the last face she
路上去世。我是她最后一个见的人。她的语气显的吃力。我想说些相对那些“你哪里痛呀“更有
ever saw, the last voice she ever heard. I wanted to say something meaningful to her, something 意义的话。我握着她的手开始唱歌。
other than “Where does it hurt?” So I started singing, and I held Nellie’s hand as I sang.
We reached the hospital, and she was wheeled to one of the ER rooms. I touched her thin
我们到了医院，她被推到急救室。我拍了拍她瘦弱的肩膀，她看着我，“照顾好自己”
shoulder. “Nellie,” I said. She fixed her eyes on me. “Take care of yourself.” She gave me one
味深长的看了我一眼，转过脸去。
long last look, and then turned her face to the wall.
When I climbed back into the ambulance, there was no more trace of Nellie. The driver had
当我重新回到救护车上，那里已经没有内莉的踪影。司机正在清洁和消毒。我们走吧
cleaned and sanitized everything. “Let’s go,” I told him. As the ambulance pulled out, I felt like
我说道。救护车驶出医院。我感觉自己仿佛哭了，但是我的眼睛里没有泪水。就像内莉一样。
crying. But my eyes remained dry, like Nellie’s. Hobbies: sewing and gospel music, I thought as
。当我们在黑夜中驶向家里的路上，我又想起了她的兴趣爱好：缝纫，福音音乐。
we glided in the darkness of the night toward home.
台施赛福： get on1.进展 Everything was getting on very well. 一切进行得很顺利. 2.出人头地 He's sure to get on in the world. 他一定会出人头地. 3.登(车);上(马) 所以意为“你是怎么做到的”
哈巴河县18857738438： how do you go to work?和how do you get to work?有什么区别? - ？
台施赛福： 第一个表达不用多说了,就是字面意思:你怎么去上班?意指交通方式.第二个里面,关键是get to的理解,get to的含义是“开始做”,那么这里意思应该是:你怎么着手这个工作?
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台施赛福： 应该是 How can you get in touch with him?如果是how do you get in touch with him 就是楼上几位说的你“你如何同他联系” 既然这里用can 那应该就有别的意思 我感觉是 “你(以后)怎么跟他联系?” (对你能不能联系得上他有怀疑才这么问)
哈巴河县18857738438： How do you get there 还是How do you get to there.原因是什么 - ？
台施赛福： how do u get there? there是副词,前面不能加介词 若加介词的话后面应该跟宾语,而此处there是地点状语
哈巴河县18857738438： how to get 还是how to getting?为什么?分别是什么意思? - ？
台施赛福： how to get 动词不定式与疑问词连用'如何获得,如何到达……),没有how to getting 这个用法
哈巴河县18857738438： How do you get there 还是How do you get to there.原因是什么？
台施赛福： 因为there是副词,副词前不用介词,就跟go home为什么不是go to home一样的道理,因为home作副词,所以是go home,但如果是小红的家,这个home是名词,则为:go to Xiaohong's home,要用介词to了 介词后面跟名词或动名词,不跟副词
哈巴河县18857738438： how do you get to school怎样回答 - ？
台施赛福： I walk to school.=I go to school on foot. I take the bus.=I go to school by bus. I ride my bike.=I go to school by bike. 以上是给你举的几个例子,希望你能举一反三.
哈巴河县18857738438： How do you get to school 和How do yo go to school有什么区别?该怎么用? - ？
台施赛福： get to强调到达或抵达,get to school重在“到校”;go to仅表示“到某地去”,go to school只表示“去上学”.
哈巴河县18857738438： how can i get to 与how do you go to区别 - ？
台施赛福： 我来举个例子好了:1.A:how can i get there?B:you take a bus first,then take a taxi. 2.A:how do you go to school every day?B.:i go to school by bus every day!
哈巴河县18857738438： How do you get on with your friend(s)?How do you help each other when you have problems. - ？
台施赛福： How do you get on with your friend(s)?How do you help each other when you have problems. 你如何与你的朋友们相处?如果你们遇到麻烦,会如何相互帮助?Generally speaking,I get well on with my friends.We talk with each other usually and ...
