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Hospitals are serious places. Doctors and nurses treat and take care of sick people. Some patients get better in a few days. Others have to stay in the hospital for a long time, though.
Many of those patients are children. They're often scared and worried, and they feel a lot of pain. Also, they're sad because they can't be with their families.
However, all that goes away with some special people. They are clown doctors, and they're there to make the kids laugh and bring them joy.
Clown doctors treat sick children's minds and spirits. They first bring smiles with their red noses, clown make-up and fun doctor's coats. Then, they use magic, music, stories and other clown skills to get laughs.
When the kids laugh, their problems go away. They have fun and just live in the moment. They also find a friend in the clown doctors.
The clown doctors will listen to them. They will also just be there for them. Clown doctors help make people happy and healthy.
词汇
patient /'peɪʃnt/ n. 病人
scared /skeəd/ adj. 害怕的
clown /klaʊn/ n. 小丑
though /ðəʊ/ adv. 然而
pain /peɪn/ n. (身体上的)疼痛
live in the moment 活在当下
句型
Clown doctors treat sick children's minds and spirits. 小丑医生治疗病患儿童的思想和精神。
理解
1. Who are the special people and what do they do in the hospital?
2. If you meet a crying baby in a hospital, what will you do?
Hospitals are serious places. Doctors and nurses treat and take care of sick people. Some patients get better in a few days. Others have to stay in the hospital for a long time, though.
Many of those patients are children. They're often scared and worried, and they feel a lot of pain. Also, they're sad because they can't be with their families.
However, all that goes away with some special people. They are clown doctors, and they're there to make the kids laugh and bring them joy.
Clown doctors treat sick children's minds and spirits. They first bring smiles with their red noses, clown make-up and fun doctor's coats. Then, they use magic, music, stories and other clown skills to get laughs.
When the kids laugh, their problems go away. They have fun and just live in the moment. They also find a friend in the clown doctors.
The clown doctors will listen to them. They will also just be there for them. Clown doctors help make people happy and healthy.
词汇
patient /'peɪʃnt/ n. 病人
scared /skeəd/ adj. 害怕的
clown /klaʊn/ n. 小丑
though /ðəʊ/ adv. 然而
pain /peɪn/ n. (身体上的)疼痛
live in the moment 活在当下
句型
Clown doctors treat sick children's minds and spirits. 小丑医生治疗病患儿童的思想和精神。
理解
1. Who are the special people and what do they do in the hospital?
They are clown doctors, and they're there to make the kids laugh and bring them joy.
2. If you meet a crying baby in a hospital, what will you do?
I will give him some candies or make some faces to help him laugh and forget his pain.
答案：1. They are clown doctors, and they're there to make the kids laugh and bring them joy.
2. I will give him some candies or make some faces to help him laugh and forget his pain.
2. I will give him some candies or make some faces to help him laugh and forget his pain.
解析：
【分析】本题为英语阅读理解简答题，第1题需定位原文中关于医院里特殊人物的描述，提取关键信息作答；第2题需结合文本中“小丑医生逗孩子开心”的内容，给出合理的让哭泣宝宝开心的做法，符合语境即可。
【解析】1. 先根据题干关键词“special people”定位到原文第三段，可知这些特殊人物是小丑医生，他们的职责是让孩子们笑，给孩子们带来快乐，据此整理答案。2. 结合原文中小丑医生通过逗笑帮助孩子的做法，可给出如做鬼脸、给小礼物等让哭泣宝宝开心的合理行为，组织语言作答。
【答案】1. They are clown doctors, and they're there to make the kids laugh and bring them joy.
2. I will give him some candies or make some faces to help him laugh and forget his pain.
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节提取、情景表达
【点评】本题既考查学生从原文获取信息的能力，又考查结合文本内容进行合理表达的能力，贴近生活实际，易于理解作答。
【难度系数】0.5
【解析】1. 先根据题干关键词“special people”定位到原文第三段，可知这些特殊人物是小丑医生，他们的职责是让孩子们笑，给孩子们带来快乐，据此整理答案。2. 结合原文中小丑医生通过逗笑帮助孩子的做法，可给出如做鬼脸、给小礼物等让哭泣宝宝开心的合理行为，组织语言作答。
【答案】1. They are clown doctors, and they're there to make the kids laugh and bring them joy.
2. I will give him some candies or make some faces to help him laugh and forget his pain.
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节提取、情景表达
【点评】本题既考查学生从原文获取信息的能力，又考查结合文本内容进行合理表达的能力，贴近生活实际，易于理解作答。
【难度系数】0.5