RichardSelzerTHEDISCUSTHROWER1/42ABOUTTHEAUTHOR●RichardSelzer●1928:borninTroy,NewYork●1948:graduatedfromUnioncollegeSurgeonWriter2/42ASASURGEON●1953:receivedM.DfromAlbanyMedicalCollege●1960:completedasurgicalinternshipandresidencyatYaleUniversity●Until1985:remainedasAssistantClinicalProfessorofSurgeryback3/42ASAWRITER●1973:RitualsofSurgery(firstcollectionofshortstories)●1976:MortalLessons:NotesontheArtofSurgery●1979:ConfessionsofaKnife(acollectionof24essays,roughlyhalfofwhicharesurgicalmemories)●1982:LetterstoaYoungDoctor●1986:TakingtheWorldinforRepairs●1990:ImagineaWoman●1990:AMileandaHalfofInk(adiary)4/425/42AWARDS●NationalMagazineAward●AmericanMedicalWriter'sAward●GuggenheimFellowship●Hisarticleshaveappearedinmanymagazines6/42ABOUTHISWRITING●In1991,hecontractedLegionnaire’sdiseasebutwentontodocumenthisrecoveryinRaisingtheDead:ADoctor’sEncounterwithHisOwnMortality●Inhiswriting,hedrawsuponhisexperienceasasurgeon,andasonecriticpointsout,he“forcephysicianstothinkaboutthemoralityofmedicine.”7/42Thistextisapieceofnarration.Thenarrator,asadoctor,hadauniquehabitof“spyingon”hispatientsforthesakeofbettermedicaltreatment.Hemetwithaparticularpatientwhoisblindandhasamputations（截肢）ofbothlegs.Thoughthepatientislegless,herequiresapairofshoeseveryday.Herefuseshisfoodandhasastrangehabitofthrowinghischinaplateagainstthewallofhisroom.Thiscausedaconflictbetweenthemanandtheheadnurse.Finallythepatientdied,andthedoctordiscoveredthatthemanstarvedhimselftodeathwhenhepaidattentiontotherepeatedlywashedplacewherethescrambledeggsdroppedtothefloor.AbouttheText8/42Whattothinkofthisman,howtounderstandhim,andhowtotreathim?9/42WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSNounsVerbsAdjectivesAdverbPrepositionStanceReposeBonsaiFacsimileCacheKickshawStumpScabForcepsShardDisinfectantDomeAccompliceOatmealAssembleTanPruneAcknowledgeScrambleProbeHeftFurtiveClose-croppedVileSnowboundInertDeceasedDignifiedAwkwardlyAthwart10/42STANCENOUN

1、theopinionsthatsbhasaboutsthandexpressespubliclye.g.Whatisthenewspaper’sstanceonthewar?2、thewayinwhichsbstands,especiallywhenplayingasport11/42REPOSENoun[U]astateofrest,sleeporfeelingcalme.g.1、Shewentoutsideseekingafewmomentsofrepose.2、Inrepose,hisfacewassad.Verb1、（ofanobject）tobeorbekeptinaparticularplace2、（ofaperson）tolieorrestinaparticularplace12/42BONSAINoun(pl.bonsai)[C]asmalltreethatisgrowninapotandpreventedfromreachingitsnormalsize[U]theJapaneseartofgrowingbonsai13/42FACSIMILENOUN[C]anexactcopyofsthafacsimileedition摹本版[C,U](formal)=FAX:afacsimilemachine14/42CACHENOUNahiddenstoreofthingssuchasweaponsanarmsweapons(隱藏武器)15/42KICKSHAWNOUNafancybutinsubstantialcookeddish,especiallyoneofforeignorigine.g.Manyrestaurantsputoutpicturesoftheirkickshawtoattractcustomers.16/42STUMPNOUN&VERBNoun[C]theshortpartofsb’slegorarmthatisleftaftertheresthasbeencutoffVerb1(informal)toaskquestionthatistoodifficultforthemtoanswerorgivethemaproblemthattheycannotsolvee.g.Katewasstumpedforwords.凱特張口結(jié)舌。2towalkinanoisy,heavyway,especiallybecauseyouareangryorupset17/42e.g.Hestumpedoff,mutteringunderhisbreath.他嘴里嘟噥著，腳步重重走了。3

totravelaroundmakingpoliticalspeeches,especiallybeforeanelectione.g.Hestumpedaroundthecountrytryingtobuildupsupport.他在全國(guó)各地巡回演講，爭(zhēng)取更多支持。18/42SCABNOUN[C]aharddrycoveringthatformsoverawoundasithealsForcepsnoun[pl.]aninstrumentusedbydoctors,withtwolongthinpartsforpickingupandholdingthingsapairofforceps一把鑷子19/42SHARDNOUN(ALSOSHERD)Apieceofbrokenglass,metal,etc.shardsofglass玻璃碎片Disinfectantnoun[C,U]Asubstancethatdisinfectsastrongsmellofdisinfectant嗆人消毒劑氣味20/42DOMENOUNAroundroofwithacircularbasethedomeofStPaul’sCathedral圣保羅大教堂穹頂21/42ACCOMPLICENOUNApersonwhohelpsanothertocommitacrimeortodosthwronge.g.Oneoftheofficersischargedwithmurder.Theotherischargedasanaccomplice.22/42OATMEALNOUN[U]flourmadefromcrushesoats,usedtomakecookies23/42ASSEMBLEVERBtocometogetherasagroup,tobringpeopleorthingstogetherasagroupe.g.Allthestudentswereaskedtoassembleinthemainhall.tofittogetheralltheseparatepartsofsth裝配，組裝e.g.Theshelvesareeasytoassemble.擱架很輕易裝配。24/42TANVERBifapersonortheirskintansoristanned,theybecomebrownasaresultofspendingtimeinthesune.g.Myskintansreallyeasily.25/42PRUNEVERBtocutoffsomebranchesfromatree,bush,etc.sothatitwillgrowbetterandstrongere.g.Whenshouldyoupruneappletrees?tomakesthsmallerbyremovingparts,tocutoffpartsofsthe.g.Staffnumbershavebeenprunedbackto175.26/42ACKNOWLEDGEVERBtoshowthatyouhavenoticedsborsthbysmiling,waving,etce.g.Iwasstandingnexttoher,butshedidn’tevenacknowledgeme.toacceptthatsthistruee.g.sherefusestoacknowledgetheneedforreform.27/42SCRAMBLEVERBTomovequickly,especiallywithdifficulty,usingyourhandstohelpyoue.g.shemanagedtoscrambleoverthewall.Topush,fightorcompetewithothersinordertogetortoreachsthTomanagetoachievesthwithdifficulty,orinahurry,withoutmuchcontrolTocookaneggbymixingthewhiteandyellowpartstogetherandheatingthem,sometimeswithmilkandbutterscrambledeggs28/42PROBEVERBToaskquestionsinordertofindoutsecretorhiddeninformationaboutsb/sthe.g.hedidn’tlikethemediaprobingintohispast.Totouch,examineorlookforsth,especiallywithalongthininstrumente.g.thedoctorprobedthewoundforsignsofinfection.29/42HEFTVERBLiftorhold(something)inordertotestitsweighte.g.Anneheftedtheguninherhand.30/42FURTIVEADJECTIVEattemptingtoavoidnoticeorattention,typicallybecauseofguiltorabeliefthatdiscoverywouldleadtotrouble;secretivee.g.Hestoleafurtiveglanceather.suggestiveofguiltynervousnessthelookinhiseyesbecamefurtiveDerivativesfurtivelyadverbfurtivenessnoun31/42CLOSE-CROPPEDADJ.(ofhairorgrass)cutveryshort32/42VILEADJ.(informal)extremelyunpleasante.g.hewasinavilemood.(formal)wicked,completelyunacceptablee.g.thevilepracticeoftakinghostages扣押人質(zhì)卑鄙行徑Derivativesvilelyadv.Vilenessn.33/42SNOWBOUNDADJ.preventedfromtravellingorgoingoutbysnoworsnowyweathere.g.hewassnowboundinthenearbymountainscoveredinsnoworinaccessiblebecauseofitasnowboundAlpinevillage34/42INERTADJ.lackingtheabilityorstrengthtomovee.g.shelayinertinherbed.lackingvigouraninertpoliticalsystemDerivativesinertlyadv.Inertnessn.35/42DECEASEDAdj.:recentlydeadthedeceasedman'sfamily(thedeceased)nounapersonwhohasdied,especiallyrecently36/42DIGNIFIEDADJ.havingorshowingacomposedorseriousmannerthatisworthyofrespecte.g.shemaintainedadignifiedsilence.adignifiedoldladyDerivativesdignifiedlyadv.37/42AWKWARDLYADV.Notsmoothlyorgracefully,ungainlye.g.“I’msorry,”hesaidawkwardly.shefellawkwardlyandbrokeherankle.Derivativesawkwardadj.awkwardnessn.38/42ATHWARTpreposition1fromsidetosideof;acrossacounterwasplacedathwarttheentrance2inoppositionto;countertothesestatisticsrunsharplyathwartconventionalpresumptionsadverb1acrossfromsidetoside;transverselyonetablerunningathwartwasalltheroomwouldhold2soastobeperverseorcontradictoryourwordsranathwartandweendedupatcrosspurposes39/42

Theimageoftheoldmangivesreadersastrongcontrast.Ononehand,theoldmanisseriouslyill:blindandlegless.Accordingtothecommonsense,heissupposedtobeweak,pitifulandhopeless.However,Hisabnormalbehaviorsofaskingforshoesandthrowinghisplateofeggsatawalleverydaygiveusanimpressionofatoughguy.Rather,thoughblind,hecanthrowtheplateatthesameplaceinhisward.Andfromthedescriptionofhisthrowingactivityweknowthatheseemstobetrainedandstillhasphysicalpower.Henevercries,nevertearsand