Contents

Chapter 1

The Quiet Boy

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ひとりぼっちの少年

Chapter 2

Tribulations of a Student Nurse

11

看護学生の試練

Chapter 3

Not Just a 9-to-5 Job

16

コンピューターから浣腸まで何でもあり

Chapter 4

Stolen Goods

21

盗品

Chapter 5

A Proctologist

26

直腸病専門医Chapter 6

A Demanding Orthopedics Patient

31

整形外科の困った患者

Chapter 7

Emergency Ward

36

救命病棟

Chapter 8

Accidental Shooting of a Child

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誤って撃たれた少年

Chapter 9

Thrown from a Window

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窓から投げ落とされた女性

Chapter 10 A Doctor’s Depression

51

あるドクターの憂鬱

Chapter 11 An Alzheimer’s Patient56

アルツハイマー病

Chapter 12 Brain Damage

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脳損傷の男性・シンナー遊びの少年

Chapter 13 Drug Abuser

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麻薬乱用者たち

Chapter 14 Urology

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泌尿器科Chapter 15 A Paralyzed Cancer Patient

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癌患者

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Chapter 1

The Quiet Boy
少年が孤立していた理由とは？
CD
01“No wonder he looks so lonely; his mom and dad canonly visit him once every two weeks,” the nurse commented.
“Why?” she was asked.
5“I heard they live 140 kilometres away from here.
Travelling that distance is expensive,” she replied.
This was Sunday afternoon. The ward consisted of twenty-five beds where about fifty people were visiting loved
ones. They all seemed to be laughing and enjoying them10 selves as if they were attending a party. I felt some were staring at me and whispering.
“How come he has no visitors?”“I don’t know, he must be from out of town.”
Some visitors passed my bed, trying not to look at me.
15 One whispered, “He makes me feel guilty and uncomfortable.
“Why?” said the other.
“Well, he looks very sad. I can’t help that he has novisitors. Why doesn’t he read a book instead of staring at the20 ceiling?”
The other said, “Oh, he is picking up a book now. He
must have heard you. Look, he’s wiping tears from hiseyes. At least he can cry, that helps to relieve the tension.”
I looked at my watch ― another hour to go before the25 busy Sunday visiting hours were over. It amazed me that
nobody made the effort of saying hello or giving me anencouraging smile. Everyone was so involved in their own
little worlds. Did they not know what it was like to have no6

VOCABULARY
1 • No wonder ... （It’s）nowonder ... …は不思議ではない7 •ward 病棟
7 •consisted of consist of ...
…から成り立つ8 • loved ones

loved one

愛する人，家族
10 • as if ... まるで…であるかのように
12 • How come ...? どうして…なのか？

15 • One whispered ... said

the other one ... theother ... 一人は…もう一人は…

19 • instead

ofstaringinstead of ... ing …する代わりに23 • At least at least とにかく，せめて25 •visiting hours 面会時間
25 •It amazed me that ... …
が私を驚かせたChapter 1 The Quiet Boyvisitors? No sir, this was not part of their thoughts.
You are just feeling sorry for yourself, that’s all. You
have to toughen up. You have never been away from home;
don’t be like a crybaby! Now try to read, so people will stop
5 staring at you. What, more visitors? Why does it make you
depressed to see all these happy faces? You have to learn tocope, even at nineteen years of age, or else you wither
away, I thought to myself.
Well, there was my doctor.
10“Gerald, you are scheduled for another skin graft surgery
at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, so you will be fastingat midnight.”“Thank you, Doctor.”
Another one! How many more would follow? Well, at
15 least he didn’t have to chase away any of my visitors.
I was finally able to tune out the conversations around me.
One nurse walked in and closed the curtain around mybed. “Gerald, I am going to shave your leg and hip. You arebooked for an operation at eight a.m. tomorrow.”
20“Yes, I know. The doctor was in just a few minutes ago.”
I said to her.
“Oh, was he?” she paused. “I thought, since you have novisitors, it was a good time to do your skin prep.” By thetime she had completed this, the visitors had all left.
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This special orthopedic clinic was very famous for theirknowledge; that was why I had been sent here. There wasalso a rehab centre and a school for physically handicappedpatients. I was a patient there for a year and a half and2 •feeling sorry for yourself

feel sorry for oneself ふさぎ込む，しょげる

2 • that’s all それだけのことだ

3 •toughen up たくましくなる

4 •crybaby 泣き虫，弱虫
7 •or else さもなければ
8 •wither away 弱る
10 •skin graft surgery 皮膚移植手術

11 •fasting 絶食の16 •tune out 無視する
19 •booked book 予約する
19 •operation 手術
23 •skin prep 手術や注射の前に皮膚を消毒して清潔にすること．prep＝preparation
23 • By the time ... …した時には25 • orthopedic clinic 整形外科クリニック

25 •was very famous forbe famous for ... …で有名である

27 • rehab centre リハビリテーション（rehabilitation）センター

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underwent seventeen operations. Another thing I had toendure was the strict Roman Catholicism of this institution
when I was one of the very few non-Catholics there! I was
not accepted, but totally ignored.
5The nurses joked and laughed with other patients, butwhen they came to my bedside, it seemed as though theyhad lost their tongues. My ordeal lasted for six months,
many nights during which I cried myself to sleep. God
began to have pity on me, however, and made the staff
10 aware of their poor treatment of me. The head nurse（a nun）
became very kind. She stated, “We have more respect for a
person with principles than for a person who is ignorant
about it.” They finally accepted me. Patients and staff were
now interested in what I had to say. What a change―I
15 couldn’t get over it!
Once a month they had some kind of entertainment in therecreation hall―for instance, a choir would perform classical or folk music, or the Air Force band would visit, or wewould watch a play. Most patients were there for a year or
20 longer and looked forward to some kind of activity.
When I finally left the clinic, I had a hard time saying
goodbye to all my friends, which seems difficult to believe
given my initial experiences there. Ten days later, my parents,
brothers and sisters and I emigrated to Canada along with
25 many people leaving our small European country because of
its poor economy. Wages were very low―too low to makeends meet. The government subsidized fares for most emigrants to get them to their destination. This was in the1950s, forty-seven years ago. My family members have
30 all become Canadian citizens and are proud of it!

2 •Roman Catholicism ロー
マカトリック教会の教義・儀式・慣習など

3 • Non-Catholics

nonCatholic 非カトリック教徒
4 •not accepted, but totally
ignored not A but B A
ではなく B
6 • as though ... まるで…であるかのように（as if ...）
7 • lost their tongues lose
one’s tongue （恐怖・驚きで）口がきけなくなる

7 •ordeal 試練
9 •have pity on ... …をかわ
いそうに思う10 •head nurse 看護師長
13 •were now interested in ...

be interested in ... …に興味がある

15 •couldn’t get over ... not
get over ... …を信じられない，理解できない17 •for instance 例えば
18 •Air Force 空軍

20 •looked forward to ... lookforward to ... …を楽しみに待つ

21 • had a hard time saying

have a hard time ...ing …
するのがつらい23 •given ... …を考慮に入れると24 • emigrated emigrate 移住する24 •along with ... …といっしょに

25 •because of ... …が原因で26 • too low to make ends

meet too ... to ... あまりに…すぎて…できない．

make（ both） ends meet
借金をしないで暮らす，収支を合わせる
27 •subsidized subsidize 助
成金を出す
27 • emigrants emigrant 移民30 •are proud of ... be proudof ... …を誇りに思う

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Chapter 1 The Quiet BoyA

本文の内容に合うように（）内に入る語を下から選び，必要があれば形を変えて記入しなさい．

Gerald was in an orthopedic clinic for a long time. His family（ accepted ）140 kilometers away from the clinic, so he had no visitors. During his admission,
he underwent operations many times. He had to（ accepted ）the strict Roman
Catholicism of the clinic, because he was one of the non-Catholics there. Six
months later, he was finally（ accepted ）. After he was（ accepted ）from
the clinic, he（ accepted ）to Canada with his family.

acceptB 次の英文の（beardischargeemigrate）内に入る語を音声を聴いて答えなさい．

liveCD
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1．The crowd（ consisted ）largely（ of ）college students and office workers.
2．Nancy is（ interested ）（ in ）travel, so she visits a different country
every year.
3．Marie Curie is（ famous ）（ for ）discovering radium.
4．Jack is very（ proud ）（ of ）his daughters.
5．The flight was delayed（ because ）（ of ）bad weather.

9C 日本文の意味に合うように（）内の語句を並べかえ，英文を完成させなさい．

1．我々がそこに着くまでには，彼女はもう行ってしまっていた．
（got, the time, had, by, there, we, already, she, gone）.

2．彼らが決して疲れないのが，私には驚きだ．
（me, never, it, they, tired, amazes, get, that）.

3．彼女は彼らをかわいそうに思い，食べ物を与えた．
（them, pity, she, food, and, them, on, gave, had）.

D 次の英語に相当する日本語を下から選び，記号で答えなさい．
1．orthopedics（
3．surgery（）

7．pediatrics（）

9．urology（）a）産科b）外科）

04．ophthalmology（）

5．internal medicine（g）整形外科

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02．neurology（）

06．obstetrics（））

08．gynecology（）

10．psychiatry（）

c）神経科
d）精神科
e）小児科
f）婦人科h）泌尿器科i）内科
j）眼科