Unit 1 Text C Teaching English to The Medical Profession:Developing Communication Skills and Bringing Humanities to Medicine
第一单元第三课 加强医学英语学习:增强人际交流,发展医学人道论
Five years ago when visiting an English family member in the reference hospital for the Balearic Islands, Son Dureta Hospital, I recognised the enormous necessity for English for medical purposes, as stated above by Dr Javier Lucaya.
5年前,我在巴利阿里群岛的索恩·杜勒塔医院探望了一位英国亲戚,那时我认识到了医护工作者学习英语的必要性,上文为海威尔·卢卡亚的描述。
Dr Lucaya says, "I may be exaggerating.”
卢卡亚医生说到:“这或许有点危言耸听。”
He is not; he is understating.
他并没有;他明白。
English is essential at all levels of the health system in Spain for communication with the enormous influx of foreign visitors taking their vacations in the country in summer.
在西班牙,无论是何种等级的医疗系统,英语对于交流来说至关重要,一到夏天,这里就会挤满外国游客。
Doctors must also write articles in English for international journals and take part in conferences held in English to advance their careers.
医生必须用英语在国际医学杂志上撰写文章,参加英语医学会议,提高职业发展。
The needs were there, but were not being addressed.
但这些要求并没有实现。
Seeing an opportunity to merge my interests in teaching and medicine, I began to fill this gap.
教学和医学是我的兴趣所在,我愿意填补这个空白。
Jim Scrivener notes that there are three kinds of teachers:the explainer, the involver, and the enabler;I have always seen myself as the last of these three.
吉姆·斯克里夫纳强调,我们有三种不同类型的教师:诠释者,参与者以及教唆者;我总认为自己是最后一种。
Scrivener states,"This kind of teacher is confident enough to share control with the learners,or to hand it over to them completely."
斯克里夫纳表明,这类教师信心十足,他希望与学生“平起平坐”,或是由学生完全做主。
Carl Rogers considered authenticity to be the most important characteristic for a teacher.
卡尔·罗杰斯认为真实性是教师的最重要属性。
It is vital to be yourself and not the "teacher"and to build up a rapport with the students.
不要以“教师”自称,要做你自己,与学生建立友好关系。
I agree with both.
以上两种观点我都赞同。
I try to share control and be myself.
我也尝试着与学生“平起平坐”,做我自己。
When I start a course, the first thing I say is, "I am the teacher and the student, and you are the students and the teachers.
上课之前,我要说的第一件事是:“我既是学生也是老师,你们既是学生也是老师。
My aim is to teach you English and I hope to learn about your different specialties.〃
我的目的是教大家英语,希望能够了解到大家的特长。
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