关于国际视野的英语作文素材
The "Lantern girl" Nightingale
In the middle of the nineteenth Century, nurs were in low status. Nightingale,a well born man, determined to t an example and change the situation, he volunteered to be a nur.
In 1854, Britain and Russia went to war in Crimea, andNightingale personally went to the front. She washed, disinfected, bandaged, altered dressings, improved meals, and often knelt on the ground scrubbing floors and washing underwear with blood. She will carry a lamp every night on the 4km line rounds, one by one to e the dia, to the wounded singing, nding comfort and love, without interruption. To this end, she often works more than 20 hours, tired of losing their hair, still persistent. Due to her efforts, the death rate of the wounded was reduced from 60% to 0.3%. It was not until the armistice between Britain and Russia and the last soldier left the battlefield that she returned home. After returning home, she gave the British people a reward for her, and fundraising 50 thousand pounds all out, founded the world's first nursing school.She also wrote books and made a great contrib
ution to the creation of modern nursing.
In view of this, the International Red Cross has designated her birthday as "International Nur Day"after her death in May12th". The British people for her stand hand lamp giant bronze statue,"Lantern girl" Nightingale is called "the greatest woman in British history".
