Florence Nightingale was a nurse who saved many lives in the 19th century. She was named after the city of Florence in Italy, where her parents went after they got married in 1818. Her family was rich and they had two homes in Britain as well as servants.
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔是一名护士，她在19世纪拯救了许多生命。她的名字取自意大利的佛罗伦萨，她的父母在1818年结婚后就去了那里。她的家庭很富有，他们在英国有两所房子，还有仆人。
Florence was an unusual young woman for her time because she didn’t want to go to parties and get married. She wanted to be a nurse and help people. Her family didn’t want her to become a nurse because hospitals back then were dirty, terrible places. They were worried about her. In 1851, Florence went to Germany and learned all about nursing. It was hard work, but she loved it.
弗洛伦斯在当时是个不同寻常的年轻女子，因为她不想参加聚会，不想结婚。她想成为一名护士，帮助别人。她的家人不希望她成为一名护士，因为当时的医院又脏又可怕。他们很担心她。1851年，弗洛伦斯去了德国，学习了所有的护理知识。工作很辛苦，但她很喜欢。
In 1854, lots of British soldiers went to fight in the Crimean War. Army hospitals were filled with injured men, but there were no nurses and many men died. Florence and a team of nurses went to help. Florence worked 20 hours a day to make the army hospital a cleaner and safer place. She brought the men fresh food, she cleaned the hospital beds and she used clean bandages on the wounded soldiers. Soon, fewer men were dying. At night, Florence walked around the hospital. She talked to the injured soldiers and helped the men to write letters to their families. She carried a lamp and the soldiers called her “The lady with the lamp”.
1854年，许多英国士兵参加了克里米亚战争。军队医院里挤满了受伤的人，但是没有护士，很多人死了。弗洛伦斯和一组护士去帮忙。弗洛伦斯每天工作20个小时，使军队医院变得更干净、更安全。她给士兵们送来新鲜的食物，打扫医院的病床，给受伤的士兵用干净的绷带。很快，死亡的人就少了。晚上，弗洛伦斯在医院里巡逻。她与受伤的士兵交谈，并帮助他们给家人写信。她拿着一盏灯，士兵们称她为“提灯女神”。
When Florence returned to England, people called her a heroine of her work in the Crimean War. Queen Victoria wrote her a letter to say thank you. She continued to work hard in Britain to improve hospitals and she was given a medal called the Order of Merit. She was the first woman to receive this honour.
当弗洛伦斯回到英国时，人们称她为克里米亚战争中的女英雄。维多利亚女王给她写了一封信表示感谢。她继续在英国努力改善医院，并获得了一枚名为“功绩勋章”的奖章。她是第一位获得这一荣誉的女性。
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