ＬESSON 6　ＥＸＥＲＣＩＳＥ

 

次の英文を読み，あとの各問いに答えよ。

    "Are you Dr. Alexandra Ho?  �@[We are looking for doctors] who can leave for Mozambique immediately, to work on the cholera epidemic there."  And so, in the corridors of the MSF-Belgium office, my mission to Mozambique started.

    The first case of cholera in Beira, Mozambique's second largest city, was reported on 26 January, 1998.  Four days later, there were 245 cases in Beira alone.  In the light of �A[these catastrophic developments], the government of Mozambique appealed to the MSF for emergency assistance.

    My team arrived in Beira on 7 February and went straight to work.  We took over a disused warehouse and converted in into a Cholera Treatment Center (CTC) in three days.

    On the first day alone, 15 patients did not survive the transfer from Beira's Central Hospital to the CTC.  It was �B( had witnessed / the first / so many / die / time / I / patients ) in such a short time.

    Things got worse the next day as patients continued to flood in.  Within 24 hours, more than 370 were admitted.  We dashed from patient to patient.  At the end of the day, we were exhausted.

    In the first two weeks, we treated more than 1,500 patients in the CTC.  Many of us worked 20-hour shifts, seven days a week, until more local medical staff could be sent to Beira.  The Mozambican health authorities mobilized ( �C ) their doctors to fight the epidemic.

    The strain took its toll on everyone.  Although I was completely exhausted, �D[I could not sleep].  I was disturbed by the many deaths I saw.  The situation was overwhelming, and I began to worry whether we had done our best and whether we could have saved more lives.

    A veteran MSF volunteer noticed �E[my distress], and told me that we would soon see the light at the end of the tunnel.  The fatality rate usually falls within two weeks of the start of this program.  �F[He was quite right.]  From day 10 onwards, the number of new cases admitted finally fell below 100 a day and, after �G[that], hardly anyone died in the CTC.  Every day, the situation continued to improve.

    �H( I / most / of / lessons / learned / one / important / in Mozambique / the ) is that I should never give up.  There was a 21-year-old woman near death with a high fever.  But she finally pulled through thanks to the care we gave her.

    All throughout my university years I wanted to work for MSF.  Then two and a half years into my career as a doctor, I was finally able to take a six-month leave of absence from my hospital to fulfill my dream.  It has been a very enriching experience.  I feel that my work at the hospital has become more �I( challenge ) as a result of what I learned on my mission.

 

(1) �@について，どのような医者を捜しているというのか，日本語で具体的に答えよ。

(2) �Aとはどのような状況か，日本語で具体的に答えよ。

(3) �Bを意味が通るように適当な語順に並べかえよ。

(4) �Cに入る語句を次のア〜エから一つ選び，記号で答えよ。

    ア most all      イ all most

    ウ all nearly    エ nearly all

(5) �Dの理由を日本語で簡潔に答えよ。

(6) �Eの悩みとはどのようなものか，日本語で具体的に答えよ。

(7) �Fとは，彼が筆者に話したどのようなことが正しかったというのか，日本語で答えよ。

(8) �Gの指す内容を，日本語で具体的に答えよ。

(9) �Hを意味が通るように適当な語順に並べかえよ。

(10) �Iを適当な形になおせ。

 

 

●LESSON 6　解答例

 

(1) コレラ感染の対策に取り組むために，すぐにモザンビークに行ってくれる医者。

(2) 1998年１月26日に，最初のコレラ患者が報告され，４日後にはベイラの町だけでも245人が感染しているという状況。

(3) the first time I had witnessed so many patients die

(4) エ

(5) 多くの人の死を目にして動揺していたから。

(6) 自分たちはベストを尽くしたのだろうか，もっと多くの人を救うことができたのではないだろうかという悩み。

(7) 死亡率は，通常，対策を打ち始めて２週間以内には落ち始めるということ。

(8) 10日目以降は，新しく報告される患者の数が一日100人を切ったこと。

(9) One of the most important lessons I learned in Mozambique

(10) challenging