听力挖空练习
So what is the most that I have _______________ to this kind of radical uncertainty? Well, this is William. He is the most __________ person that I have ever met, and in just over a year, he has already made the world a better place. As oncologists, we talk to our patients as if the worst thing that could happen is that their cancer could come back, or that it could spread, or that they could die from it. As a patient, I know that these are paramount. But I want to change the way that we think about this, and I want to change the way that we talk about this with our patients. As a patient, the worst thing that can happen is that cancer ___________________________________, of the ability to be and to do and to love. And it will. At least temporarily it will. But to minimize this loss of life in the living, that is the harder, and I would say, truer job of the oncologist: to take all the tools that we have and __________ them ______________________________ a patient's whole entire life; to be guides for how to _________________________, acknowledge it deeply, but to not let fear of future suffering be the narrative for the journey forward.
So what is the most that I have leaned in to this kind of radical uncertainty? Well, this is William. He is the most joyful person that I have ever met, and in just over a year, he has already made the world a better place.
那么在我极端不确定性的生活里,我最依赖的是什么?--这是威廉。他是我见过的最快乐的人,在仅仅一年多的时间里,他就已经把我的世界变得更好.
leaned in 依靠 leaned v. 倾身;依靠;使……瘦弱(lean 的过去分词)
As oncologists, we talk to our patients as if the worst thing that could happen is that their cancer could come back, or that it could spread, or that they could die from it. As a patient, I know that these are paramount.
作为肿瘤科医生,我们常和病患说,最糟糕的情况莫过于癌症复发,或者是癌症扩散,又或者会因癌症而死去。作为一个病人,我知道这些都是最重要的。
paramount [ˈpærəmaʊnt] adj. 至为重要的,首要的;至高无上的,权力最大的 n. 最高统治者
But I want to change the way that we think about this, and I want to change the way that we talk about this with our patients. As a patient, the worst thing that can happen is that cancer robs you of opportunity, of the ability to be and to do and to love.
但我仍然想改变我们在对它的看法,我也想要改变我们和病人交谈的方式。身为一个病人,最糟糕的事情是癌症夺走了你的机会,夺走你活下去的能力,夺走你做事情的能力、更夺走了你去爱的能力。
rob sb of sth 从某人那抢走某物 be 这里是指活下去,生存,典型的:To Be or Not to Be 生存还是毁灭
And it will. At least temporarily it will. But to minimize this loss of life in the living, that is the harder, and I would say, truer job of the oncologist: to take all the tools that we have and situate them in the context of a patient's whole entire life; to be guides for how to sit with suffering, acknowledge it deeply, but to not let fear of future suffering be the narrative for the journey forward.
它的确会夺走这些,至少是暂时性的。但我想说的是,把患者生命中的损失降到最小,是肿瘤科医生最困难,也是最真实的工作:拿出我们所有的工具,把它们用在病人的一生中;引导他们如何应对痛苦,在内心深处接受它,但不要让前进的旅程充满对未来痛苦的恐惧。
temporarily [ˌtempəˈrerəli] adv. 暂时地,临时地 situate [ˈsɪtʃueɪt] v. 使位于,使坐落于;把......跟(具体情境)联系;处于(某特定经济或婚姻)状况