大學英語精讀第二冊Unit Six課文講解

導語：外科醫生主要是診斷外科疾病，為患者提供手術治療的醫務工作者。下面YJBYS小編分享一篇關於外科醫生的大學英語課文，歡迎學習!

A famous surgeon tells about the importance of self-confidence from his own experience.

The Making of a Surgeon

How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a "surgeon"? As my year as chief resident drew to a close I asked myself this question on more than one occasion.

The answer, I concluded, was self-confidence. When you can say to yourself, "There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently, treat just as well as or better than any other surgeon" - then, and not until then, you are indeed a surgeon. I was nearing that point.

Take, for example, the emergency situations that we encountered almost every night. The first few months of the year I had dreaded the ringing of the telephone. I knew it meant another critical decision to be made. Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular situation, I'd have trouble getting back to sleep. I'd review all the facts of the case and, not infrequently, wonder if I hadn't made a poor decision. More than once at two or three in the morning, after lying awake for an hour, I'd get out of bed, dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient myself. It was the only way I could find the peace of mind I needed to relax.

Now, in the last month of my residency, sleeping was no longer a problem. There were still situations in which I couldn't be certain my decision had been the right one, but I had learned to accept this as a constant problem for a surgeon, one that could never be completely resolved - and I could live with it. So, once I had made a considered decision, I no longer dwelt on it. Reviewing it wasn't going to help and I knew that with my knowledge and experience, any decision I'd made was bound to be a sound one. It was a nice feeling.

In the operating room I was equally confident. I knew I had the knowledge, the skill, the experience to handle any surgical situation I'd ever encounter in practice. There were no more butterflies in my stomach when I opened up an abdomen or a chest. I knew that even if the case was one in which it was impossible to anticipate the problem in advance, I could handle whatever l found. I'd sweated through my share of stab wounds of the belly, of punctured lungs, of compound fractures. I had sweated over them for five years. I didn't need to sweat any more.

Nor was I afraid of making mistakes. I knew that when I was out in practice I would inevitably err at one time or another and operate on someone who didn't need surgery or sit on someone who did. Five years earlier - even one year earlier - I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I had had to take sole responsibility for a mistake in judgment. Now I could. I still dreaded errors - would do my best to avoid them -- but I knew they were part of a surgeon's life. I could accept this fact with calmness because I knew that if I wasn't able to avoid a mistake, chances were that no other surgeon could have, either.

This all sounds conceited and I guess it is - but a surgeon needs conceit. He needs it to encourage him in trying moments when he's bothered by the doubts and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine. He has to feel that he's as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world. Call it conceit - call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it.

surgeon

n. doctor who performs operations 外科醫生

self-confidence

n. 自信心

making

n. means of gaining success 成功之道

resident

n. 住院醫生

conclude

vt. arrive at a belief or opinion by reasoning 得出結論

surgical

a. of, by, or for surgery 外科的;手術的

competently

ad. with the necessary skill 稱職地;勝任地

competent

a.

near

vt. approach; come closer to

emergency

n. sudden and dangerous happening needing immediate action 緊急情況;急症

encounter

vt. be faced with (difficulties, danger, etc.); meet unexpectedly 遭到;意外地遇見

dread

vt. fear greatly 畏懼

critical

a. important at a time of danger and difficulty 緊要的;關鍵性的

particular

a. belonging to some one person, thing, or occasion 特定的

case

n. instance of disease or injury 病例

infrequently

ad. seldom; not often

relax

vi. become less tense 放鬆

relaxation

n.

residency

n. the last stage of a doctor's training at a hospital 高階專科住院實習(期)

constant

a. happening all the time; unchanging 不斷的;始終如一的

resolve

vt. solve 解決

resolution

n.

considered

a. carefully thought out 經過深思熟慮的

dwell

vi. live (in a place) 居住

bound

a. very likely; certain 一定的，必然的

sound

a. correct; based on good judgment 正確的，合理的'

confident

a. sure of oneself and one's abilities 自然的

confidence

n.

handle

vt. manage, deal with 處理

butterfly

n. 蝴蝶

abdomen

n. belly 腹(部)

anticipate

vt. see beforehand 預期

anticipation

n.

sweat

n. 汗

vi. 流汗

stab

n. thrust made with a pointed weapon 刺;戳

belly

n. 肚，腹部

puncture

vt. make a small hole in (sth.) with sth. pointed 刺穿

compound

a. having more than one part 複合的

fracture

n. break in a bone 骨折

compound

n. 複合性骨折

inevitably

ad. unavoidably 不可避免地

inevitable

a.

err

vi. make mistakes; do wrong

operate

vi. perform a surgical operation 動手術

surgery

n. 外科;外科手術

sole

a. unshared; one and only 唯一的

responsibility

n. 責任;責任心

avoid

vt. escape; keep or get away from 避免

conceited

a. having too high an opinion of oneself 自負的

conceit

n. too high an opinion of oneself

trying

a. hard to endure or bear; very difficult 難受的;惱人的

bother

vt. annoy, trouble 煩擾，麻煩

uncertainty

n. uncertain condition; doubt

draw to a close

come to an end 結束

live with

learn to accept (sth. unpleasant); tolerate 學會;適應;容忍

dwell on

think, write, or speak a lot about 老是想著;詳述;強調

(be) bound to (do)

(be) certain to (do) 一定..., 必然...

in practice

(醫師,律師等) 在開業中;在實踐中

butterflies in the stomach

feelings of nervousness 忐忑不安

open up

cut open 切開,給...開刀

in advance

ahead of time 預先,事前

at one time or another

sometime or other 早晚

sit on

delay taking action on; do nothing about 拖延;擱置

Nolen

諾蘭(姓氏)

Walt

沃爾特(男子名 Walter 的暱稱)

Larry

拉里(男子 Lawrence 的暱稱)