第七篇 Nurse! I Want My Mummy

　　When a child: is ill in hospital, a parents first reaction is to be 1 them.

　　Most hospitals now, allow parents to sleep 2 with child, providing a bed or sofa on the ward.

　　But until the 1970s this 3 was not only frowned upon --- it was actively discouraged1.

　　Staff worried that the children were upset when their parents 4 ,10 and so there was a blanket ban.

　　A concerned nurse, Pamela Hawthorn, disagreed and her study Nurse! want my mummy, published in 1974, 5 the face of paediatric nursing.

　　Professor Martin Johnson, professor of nursing at the University of Salford,said that the work of 6 like Pamela had changed the face of patient care.

　　Pamelas study was done against the 7 of a lively debate in paediatrics and psychology as to the degree women should spend with children in the outside world and the degree to which they should be allowed to visit children in 8 .

　　The idea was that if mum came to 9 a small in hospital the child would be upset and inconsolable for hours.

　　Yet the nurse noticed that if mum did not come at 10 the child stayed in a relatively stable state but they might be depressed.

　　Of course we know now that they had most given 11 hope that mum was ever coming back.

　　To avoid a little bit of pain they said that no one should visitBut children were alone and 12 , so Hawthorn said parents should be allowed to visit.

　　Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said her 13 had been seminal.

　　Her research put an end to the 14 when parents handed their children over to strangers at the door of the hospital ward.

　　As a result of her work, parents and carets are now recognized as partners in care and are 15 the opportunity to stay with, their children while they are in hospital, which has dramatically improved both parents and childrens experience of care.

　　詞匯

　　frown v. 皺眉 inconsolable adj. 無法安慰的

　　blanket adj. 通用的seminal adj.開創性的

　　paediatric adj. 兒科的

　　注釋

　　1. But until the 1970s this practice was not only frowned upon - it was

　　actively discouraged: 但在二十世紀七十年代之前，這一做法不僅遭至不滿，而且還被積極阻止。

　　練習

　　1. A for B with C upon D against

　　2. A occasionally B soundly C overnight D overtime

　　3. A practice B exercise C thought D request

　　4. A stayed B cried C appeared D left

　　5. A lost B changed C studied D made

　　6. A professors B doctors C nurses D parents

　　7. A background B history C fact D reality

　　8. A school B hospital C family D world

　　9. A take B control C persuade D visit

　　10.A once B will C all D large

　　11. A up B off C down D away

　　12. A relaxed B pleased C depressed D stable

　　13. A work B dream C issue D doubt

　　14. A hours B days C weeks D months

　　15. A refused B created C lent D afforded

　　答案與題解

　　1. B 孩子住院了，父母的第一反應肯定是要和孩子在一起。to be with somebody 表示和誰在一起。

　　2. C 給父母在病房里提供床或沙發，是讓他們和孩子一起過夜。

　　3. A 此處應指允許父母在醫院里陪孩子這種做法。

　　4. D 醫院擔心父母一離開，孩子會十分不安，所以干脆不讓父母和孩子見面。

　　5. B Pamela 的研究使兒科護理的面貌發生了改變 職稱英語考試。

　　6. C 前面提到Pamela 是一位護士。

　　7. A 英語里表示在什么背景下用against the background of這一搭配。

　　8. B 此處顯然指允許父母到醫院探望孩子的時間。

　　9. D 前面已經提到去醫院探望孩子。

　　10. C 本句意思是，如果父母干脆就不來醫院探望孩子會發生的情況。

　　11. A 英語里表示放棄用give up 這一搭配。

　　12. C 前面已提到，如果父母干脆不來醫院探望他們，生病的孩子們會感到沮喪的。

　　13. A 此處應指Pamela 所作的研究工作。

　　14. B the days表示時代

　　15. D 此處的are afforded等于are given,表示提供

　　第七篇 Nurse! I Want My Mummy

　　When a child: is ill in hospital, a parents first reaction is to be 1 them.

　　Most hospitals now, allow parents to sleep 2 with child, providing a bed or sofa on the ward.

　　But until the 1970s this 3 was not only frowned upon --- it was actively discouraged1.

　　Staff worried that the children were upset when their parents 4 ,10 and so there was a blanket ban.

　　A concerned nurse, Pamela Hawthorn, disagreed and her study Nurse! want my mummy, published in 1974, 5 the face of paediatric nursing.

　　Professor Martin Johnson, professor of nursing at the University of Salford,said that the work of 6 like Pamela had changed the face of patient care.

　　Pamelas study was done against the 7 of a lively debate in paediatrics and psychology as to the degree women should spend with children in the outside world and the degree to which they should be allowed to visit children in 8 .

　　The idea was that if mum came to 9 a small in hospital the child would be upset and inconsolable for hours.

　　Yet the nurse noticed that if mum did not come at 10 the child stayed in a relatively stable state but they might be depressed.

　　Of course we know now that they had most given 11 hope that mum was ever coming back.

　　To avoid a little bit of pain they said that no one should visitBut children were alone and 12 , so Hawthorn said parents should be allowed to visit.

　　Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said her 13 had been seminal.

　　Her research put an end to the 14 when parents handed their children over to strangers at the door of the hospital ward.

　　As a result of her work, parents and carets are now recognized as partners in care and are 15 the opportunity to stay with, their children while they are in hospital, which has dramatically improved both parents and childrens experience of care.

　　詞匯

　　frown v. 皺眉 inconsolable adj. 無法安慰的

　　blanket adj. 通用的seminal adj.開創性的

　　paediatric adj. 兒科的

　　注釋

　　1. But until the 1970s this practice was not only frowned upon - it was

　　actively discouraged: 但在二十世紀七十年代之前，這一做法不僅遭至不滿，而且還被積極阻止。

　　練習

　　1. A for B with C upon D against

　　2. A occasionally B soundly C overnight D overtime

　　3. A practice B exercise C thought D request

　　4. A stayed B cried C appeared D left

　　5. A lost B changed C studied D made

　　6. A professors B doctors C nurses D parents

　　7. A background B history C fact D reality

　　8. A school B hospital C family D world

　　9. A take B control C persuade D visit

　　10.A once B will C all D large

　　11. A up B off C down D away

　　12. A relaxed B pleased C depressed D stable

　　13. A work B dream C issue D doubt

　　14. A hours B days C weeks D months

　　15. A refused B created C lent D afforded

　　答案與題解

　　1. B 孩子住院了，父母的第一反應肯定是要和孩子在一起。to be with somebody 表示和誰在一起。

　　2. C 給父母在病房里提供床或沙發，是讓他們和孩子一起過夜。

　　3. A 此處應指允許父母在醫院里陪孩子這種做法。

　　4. D 醫院擔心父母一離開，孩子會十分不安，所以干脆不讓父母和孩子見面。

　　5. B Pamela 的研究使兒科護理的面貌發生了改變 職稱英語考試。

　　6. C 前面提到Pamela 是一位護士。

　　7. A 英語里表示在什么背景下用against the background of這一搭配。

　　8. B 此處顯然指允許父母到醫院探望孩子的時間。

　　9. D 前面已經提到去醫院探望孩子。

　　10. C 本句意思是，如果父母干脆就不來醫院探望孩子會發生的情況。

　　11. A 英語里表示放棄用give up 這一搭配。

　　12. C 前面已提到，如果父母干脆不來醫院探望他們，生病的孩子們會感到沮喪的。

　　13. A 此處應指Pamela 所作的研究工作。

　　14. B the days表示時代

　　15. D 此處的are afforded等于are given,表示提供