Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigratedfrom London to New York City when she was ten year's old.One day, she decided that she wanted __1__ to be a doctor.That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of thenineteenth century. Before writing __2__ many letters seekingan admission to medical school, she __3__ was finally acceptedby a doctor in Philadelphia. Therefore __4__ determined shewas that she taught in school and gave __5__ music lessons to earn money for her tuition.
In 1849,until graduating from medical school, she decided __6__ to farther her education in Paris.She wanted to be a surgeon, __7__ but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon theidea.Upon returning to the US, she found difficult to start her __8__ own practice because she wasa woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, managed to open a new hospital,the firstfor woman and children. Besides being the first __9__ female physician and found her ownhospital, she also __10__ established the first medical school for women.
參考答案及解析:
1. year's—years
2. Before—After.此處是講述Elizabeth Blackwell寫(xiě)了許多信之后，最終被費(fèi)城的一個(gè)醫(yī)生所接受。
3. 刪掉an.admission是不可數(shù)名詞
4. Therefore—So.此處隱藏著一個(gè)so...that...結(jié)構(gòu)
5. 刪掉in.teach school為固定搭配，教書(shū)
6. until—after.據(jù)時(shí)間順序，她是1849年從醫(yī)學(xué)院畢業(yè)后決定去巴黎深造。
7. farther—further.farther只能做副詞，further既可以做副詞也可以做動(dòng)詞，此處就是further做動(dòng)詞，并帶有賓語(yǔ)her education。
8. 在difficult前加it.it做形式賓語(yǔ)，替代不定式to start her own practice。
9. woman—women.如果用一個(gè)人或東西說(shuō)明整個(gè)類(lèi)屬的特點(diǎn)，有三種表示方式：在名詞前加不定冠詞;在名詞前加定冠詞;用名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。此處就是使用名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式表示類(lèi)屬，womenand children。
10. found—founding.與being一樣作介詞besides的賓語(yǔ)。