BRAVE NURSES

Brave Nurses, Mary Seacole and Edith Cavill Written by Charlotte Gillian

勇敢的护士：玛丽·西科尔和伊迪丝·卡维尔 作者：夏洛特·吉利安

Caring for Others Human beings have always fought each other in wars. Over the centuries, millions of people have been killed and injured in terrible battles. Wherever wars are being fought, there are always very brave people who put themselves in danger to care for the wounded and dying. Mary Seacole was a nurse who looked after injured British soldiers during the 19th century. Around 60 years later, another nurse, Edith Cavill, helped the wounded during war in Europe. Both faced extreme danger and many difficulties, but they went where they were needed to save the lives of others.

关爱他人 人类有史以来总在战争中彼此对抗。 数百年来，数百万人在惨烈的战役中死伤。 无论哪里有战争，总有非常勇敢的人冒着生命危险，照料伤员和濒死的人。 玛丽·西科尔是19世纪照料受伤英国士兵的护士。 大约60年后，另一位护士伊迪丝·卡维尔在欧洲战争期间帮助伤员。 两人都面临过极大的危险和诸多困难，但她们哪里有需要就去哪里，拯救他人的生命。

Mary Seacole, Edith Cavill

玛丽·西科尔，伊迪丝·卡维尔

Who was Mary Seacole? Mary Seacole was born in 1805 in Kingston, Jamaica. At that time Jamaica was part of the British Empire. A group of countries all over the world that were ruled by Britain. Mary's mother was a Jamaican nurse and her father was a Scottish soldier. The countries which were part of the British Empire are shown in pink on this map.

玛丽·西科尔是谁？ 玛丽·西科尔1805年出生在牙买加的金斯敦。 当时牙买加是大英帝国的一部分。 大英帝国是由全世界受英国统治的多个国家组成的群体。 玛丽的母亲是牙买加护士，父亲是苏格兰士兵。 属于大英帝国的国家在这张地图上用粉色标注。

Her mother taught Mary how to heal and care for sick people. By the time she was 12 she helped her mother with this work. Mary learnt how to use her mother's traditional Jamaican medicines and gained nursing skills. She sometimes helped look after British soldiers in Jamaica who were sick or injured.

玛丽的母亲教她如何治疗、照料病人。到了 12岁时，她就帮母亲做这项工作。玛丽学会了如何使用母亲的 牙买加传统药物，也掌握了护理技能。她有时候会 帮忙照料牙买加当地生病或受伤的英国士兵。

On the move. Mary went on a long sea voyage to Britain when she was 15 and again when she was 18. She visited relatives there and got used to making long journeys. In 1836 Mary married a merchant called Edwin Seacole. Unfortunately his business did badly and when he became ill Mary had to nurse him. Edwin died in 1844 and shortly afterwards Mary's mother died so she took over the role of healer. For the next few years Mary traveled around the Caribbean and Central America treating sick people wherever she went.

四处游历。玛丽15岁时乘船长途航行到英国， 18岁时又去了一次。她在那里探望亲戚，也习惯了 长途旅行。1836年，玛丽嫁给了一位名叫埃德温·西科尔的商人。 可惜他的生意经营惨淡，他生病后，玛丽必须照料他。 埃德温1844年去世，不久后玛丽的母亲也过世了，于是她 接过了行医的职责。接下来的几年里，玛丽周游 加勒比海和中美洲，走到哪里就给哪里的病人治病。