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1. Who couldn't be admitted into medical college in early days?
2. Why did the college in Geneva accept Liza?
3. What did the president of Genera College do when Liza was accepted?
4. Elizabeth Blackwell was to become a doctor. The young American again and again to a number of medical , asking if she could be , but each time the answer was NO.
5. The decided to play a trick by turning the matter over to the students's meeting of the college, that the students would be the last to take Liza.
6. When the student body met, most students took no in the matter. Of the rest, some the young American's idea and some thought by having Liza they would be of their college training the world’ s first woman doctor.
Background Information 背景信息
1849年以前，医学院是不接受女性的，人们认为，只有男性才有资格当医生。世界上第一位女医生是美国的伊丽莎白•布莱克韦尔，这位在英国出生的女性，20岁时才决心学医，可没有一家医学院批准她入学，但她没有因此而泄气，终于进入了一家不出名的因学院就读，1849年她以优异成绩攻取了医学博士学位，成为世界上第一位女医生。
Words & Phrases 词汇与短语
Words 词汇
admit 接纳，承认
application 申请，请求
Geneva 日内瓦
offend 冒犯，得罪
willing 乐意的，心甘情愿的
Phrases 短语
give in 屈服
play a trick 耍诡计
to one's surprises 另某人惊讶的是
take no interest in... 对......不感兴趣
