听力笔记Peoples in America-009 Clara Barton

Clara Barton

Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having a "strong and independent spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.

Key Words

• Geneva Convention
  日内瓦公约

• treaty
  n.
   条约
   They signed a treaty to settle all border disputes by arbitration.
   他们通过仲裁签订了解决所有边境争端的条约。
   协议, 协商
   The house was sold by private treaty.
   这座房子是通过私下订立协议出售的。
• 
  barn
  n.
   仓房
   That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.
   那幢大房子是存放粮食的谷仓。
   牲口棚
   Another barn has been built there.
   另一个牲口棚建在那儿。

• wounds
  n.
   创伤; 伤口; 伤痕
   Apply some medicine to his wound.
   给他的伤口上点药吧。
  vt.
   使受伤, 伤害
   The thief wounded her in the arm with his knife.
   小偷用刀子扎伤了她的手臂。

• honorable profession
• infected
  adj.
   (伤口)被感染的

• the International Red Cross
• American Chapter of the Red Cross
  红十字会美国分会
• victim
  n.
   牺牲者, 受害者, 受灾者
   Most of the victims were shot in the back while trying to run away.
   大多数受害者在设法逃跑时从背后被枪杀。

• the disease Yellow Fever
  黄热病
  yellow jack: caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
   
• Armenia
  亚美尼亚
  a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors

"You must never so much as think if you like it or not, if it is bearable or not. You must never think of anything except the need --- and how to meet it."
--Clara Barton

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