M6 U4 Project 阅读材料中英文对照版

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M6 U4 Project 阅读材料中英文对照版

Changing the world

-my commitment

20 October

Arrived here to find everything was in chaos. Have not had time to write my

diary for a whole week. The whole island is flooded. Many of the people have

fled to the mountains to escape. The hospital is badly damaged and in a mess;

it cannot be used at the moment. This is a new experience for me. Usually, I

am working in areas that have dry climates, such as Kenya and Sudan. In

Sudan, we set up centres to ensure that people got food, and we checked the

health of babies to make sure they were putting on weight. We also gave

children shots to stop them dying from diseases. However, that campaign was

conducted in villages where there was lots of fighting, far from the city.

Running from one place to another became a way of life. The situation is very

different here, as are the problems. Instead of sand blowing everywhere, there

is mud and water everywhere, making it difficult to travel from place to place.

Yesterday, my colleagues on the medical team and I (two doctors, one nurse--

me--and two assistants) found a vacant health centre on the north side of the

town. We are going to set up a temporary clinic there. Medical supplies are now

on their way from abroad. We have started to clean the health centre. One of

the health problems is that people who need to take medicines regularly

cannot get hold of them in a disaster such as this. Small injuries also need to be

taken care of, especially as it is so muddy and damp. The majority of wounds

are from walls and roofs that have fallen on people. The water makes it difficult

for the cuts and wounds to get better and easy for bacteria to spread.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the city, shelter and access to food and clean water

are big problems. The fields and harvest have been destroyed, and so a lack of

food will be a problem in the future.

Food has started to arrive, but this is a problem as people have started to worry

that they will not get enough. This morning, there were fights as crowds of

people tried to get food. It reminded me of my time in Sudan, where several

Doctors without Borders staff were attacked as people tried to get the food.

One good thing here is that many people can speak

English or French. This makes it easier to communicate and find out about people's problems. When you can't speak the same language, it is sometimes very difficult to find out what is wrong with someone. However, my acting skills are very good, so I can still communicate with people, even when there is a language barrier and no interpreter around. It seems that many people here just need to talk, so I am finding that my job is not limited to being a nurse. It is also being a person who can listen to and comfort others.

M6 U4 Project 阅读材料中英文对照版

It is quite horrible to imagine losing everything, including some of your family.

Our first job here was to try to organize a place to bury the people who were

killed. We needed to do this as soon as possible to stop disease spreading. That

was a really horrible job and I felt so sorry for their relatives.

When I think back to all the experiences that I have had around the world

since joining Doctors without Borders, I feel that I have been very lucky to be

able to help others and do something worthwhile. Now I must think about

tomorrow. We hope the clinic will be open and then I won't have any time to

write my diary. This experience makes me appreciate all the things I have and

gives me the chance to see things from another angle. I know ! can't change the

whole world, but I'm proud that I can help here and there, and make a