Unit 1 Text C Teaching English to The Medical Profession:Developing Communication Skills and Bringing Humanities to Medicine
第一單元第三課 加強醫學英語學習:增強人際交流,發展醫學人道論
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,我在巴利阿里群島的索恩·杜勒塔醫院探望了一位英國親戚,那時我認識到了醫護工作者學習英語的必要性,上文為海威爾·盧卡亞的描述。
Dr Lucaya says, "I may be exaggerating.”
盧卡亞醫生說到:“這或許有點危言聳聽。”
He is not; he is understating.
他并沒有;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,無論是何種等級的醫療系統,英語對于交流來說至關重要,一到夏天,這里就會擠滿外國游客。
Doctors must also write articles in English for international journals and take part in conferences held in English to advance their careers.
醫生必須用英語在國際醫學雜志上撰寫文章,參加英語醫學會議,提高職業發展。
The needs were there, but were not being addressed.
但這些要求并沒有實現。
Seeing an opportunity to merge my interests in teaching and medicine, I began to fill this gap.
教學和醫學是我的興趣所在,我愿意填補這個空白。
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·斯克里夫納強調,我們有三種不同類型的教師:詮釋者,參與者以及教唆者;我總認為自己是最后一種。
Scrivener states,"This kind of teacher is confident enough to share control with the learners,or to hand it over to them completely."
斯克里夫納表明,這類教師信心十足,他希望與學生“平起平坐”,或是由學生完全做主。
Carl Rogers considered authenticity to be the most important characteristic for a teacher.
卡爾·羅杰斯認為真實性是教師的最重要屬性。
It is vital to be yourself and not the "teacher"and to build up a rapport with the students.
不要以“教師”自稱,要做你自己,與學生建立友好關系。
I agree with both.
以上兩種觀點我都贊同。
I try to share control and be myself.
我也嘗試著與學生“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.
上課之前,我要說的第一件事是:“我既是學生也是老師,你們既是學生也是老師。
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語,希望能夠了解到大家的特長。
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