文档介绍：School of Continuing Education
大学英语第二册网络课程
By School of Foreign Languages
2011
Unit 6
The Making of a Surgeon
◆ Pre-reading Activities
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◆ Text Analysis
2
◆ Expressions & Patterns
3
◆ Exercises
4
Pre-reading Activities
Pre-reading Questions
This article is written by Dr. William Nolen, a well-known American Surgeon and author. Dr. Nolen reveals to us in his article that, as a doctor, had gone a long way before he became a surgeon. Then, what quality, according to Dr. Nolen, is essential in the making of a surgeon and at what point of time does a doctor finally became a surgeon?
Three types of doctors
General practitioners
A general practitioner cares for patients with all kinds of illness. He may not have any special training in any field of medicine, but develops a wide knowledge of all kinds of illness. He delivers babies, diagnoses diseases, perform surgery, and sets broken bones. The general practitioner often es extremely skillful in the art of medical practice.
Background information
Three types of doctors
Researchers
Some doctors do not practise medicine after plete medical training. They prefer to devote their time to medical research. These doctors often help teach future physicians in medical schools. At the same time, they use the laboratories and hospital facilities of the medical schools to conduct research programs.
Many medical researchers work in large hospital centers, while many physicians conduct research programs in addition to their private practices.
Careers in medicine in the US
To e a medical doctor in the US, one must attend four years of college and receives a bachelor’s degree, followed by four years of medical school. Then he es an intern in a hospital and receives supervised practical training. As an intern, he has to “make rounds” with other doctors, visiting hospital patients. He is supposed to help give special treatment and answer emergency calls in the hospital at any time of day or night. Finally he es a re