SAT作文素材分享24:NIGHTINGALE
<p> <span word="FOR">FOR</span> <span word="BLOOMING">BLOOMING</span> <span word="IN">IN</span> <span word="WARDSNIGHTINGALE">WARDSNIGHTINGALE</span></p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="May">May</span> 1857 <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sit">sit</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="high">high</span>. <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="Nightingale">Nightingale</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="grueling">grueling</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="vital">vital</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="changed">changed</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="brilliant">brilliant</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="argument">argument</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="efficient">efficient</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="knowledgeable">knowledgeable</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="persistent">persistent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="penetrating">penetrating</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span>, <span word="scrupulously">scrupulously</span> <span word="just">just</span>, <span word="mathematically">mathematically</span> <span word="accuratebut">accuratebut</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="pushing">pushing</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="limits">limits</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expense">expense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="joy">joy</span>.</p><p> <span word="That">That</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1857 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nightmare">nightmare</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Florencenot">Florencenot</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="instruct">instruct</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span> <span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="confidential">confidential</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="experiences">experiences</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Parthe">Parthe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mama">Mama</span> <span word="lay">lay</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="sofas">sofas</span>, <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="exhausted">exhausted</span> <span word="arranging">arranging</span> <span word="flowers">flowers</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="thousand">thousand</span>-<span word="page">page</span> <span word="Confidential">Confidential</span> <span word="Report">Report</span>, <span word="Notes">Notes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Matters">Matters</span> <span word="Affecting">Affecting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Health">Health</span>, <span word="Efficiency">Efficiency</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Hospital">Hospital</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="Army">Army</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="incredibly">incredibly</span> <span word="clear">clear</span>, <span word="deeply">deeply</span>-<span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="volume">volume</span>. <span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="t">t</span> <span word="Crimea">Crimea</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="thereevery">thereevery</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="backed">backed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span>.</p><p> <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="Nightingale">Nightingale</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="basically">basically</span> <span word="arguing">arguing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="prevention">prevention</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="cure">cure</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="revolutionary">revolutionary</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="positively">positively</span> <span word="cranky">cranky</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="grimly">grimly</span> <span word="opposed">opposed</span> <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="allies">allies</span>.</p>
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