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大学英语精读第二册 Unit 6:The Making of a Surgeon Unit Six：The Making of a Surgeon
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”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 impoible 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 earlierI 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 errorsbut 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.NEW WORDS
surgeon
n.doctor who performs operations 外科医生
self-confidence
n.自信心
making
n.means of gaining succe 成功之道
resident
n.住院医生
conclude
vt.arrive at a belief or opinion by reasoning 得出结论
surgical
a.of, by, or for surgery 外科的；手术的competently
ad.with the neceary skill 称职地；胜任地
competent
a.near
vt.approach;come closer to
emergency
n.sudden and dangerous happening needing immediate action 紧急情况；急症 encounter
vt.be faced with(difficulties, danger, etc.);meet unexpectedly 遭到；意外地遇见
dread
vt.fear greatly 畏惧
critical
a.important at a time of danger and difficulty 紧要的；关键性的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 le tense 放松
n.residency
n.the last stage of a doctor's training at a hospital 高级专科住院实习（期）constant
a.happening all the time;unchanging 不断的；始终如一的resolve
vt.solve 解决
resolution
n.considered
a.carefully thought out 经过深思熟虑的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 正确的，合理的confident
a.sure of oneself and one's abilities 自然的confidence
n.handle
vt.manage, deal with 处理
butterfly
n.蝴蝶
abdomen
n.belly 腹（部）
anticipate
vt.see beforehand 预期
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 复合的n.break in a bone 骨折
compound
n.复合性骨折
inevitably
ad.unavoidably 不可避免地
inevitable
a.err
vi.make mistakes;do wrong
operate
vi.perform a surgical operation 动手术
surgery
n.外科；外科手术
sole
a.unshared;one and only 唯一的responsibility
n.责任；责任心
avoid
vt.escape;keep or get away from 避免
conceited
a.having too high an opinion of oneself 自负的conceit
n.too high an opinion of oneself
trying
a.hard to endure or bear;very difficult 难受的；恼人的bother
vt.annoy, trouble 烦扰，麻烦
uncertainty
n.uncertain condition;doubtPHRASES & EXPRESSIONS
draw to a close
come to an end 结束
live with
learn to accept(sth.unpleasant);tolerate 学会；适应；容忍
dwell on
think, write, or speak a lot about 老是想着；详述；强调
(be)bound to(do)
(be)certain to(do)一定..., 必然...in practice
(医师,律师等)在开业中;在实践中
butterflies in the stomach
feelings of nervousne 忐忑不安
cut open 切开,给...开刀
in advance
ahead of time 预先,事前
at one time or another
sometime or other 早晚
sit on
delay taking action on;do nothing about 拖延;搁置
PROPER NAMES
Nolen
诺兰(姓氏)
Walt
沃尔特(男子名 Walter 的昵称)
Larry
拉里(男子 Lawrence 的昵称)
