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Hello. I’m Mike Procter.
大家好。我是迈克·普克特。
And I’m Elizabeth Lickiss. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.
我是伊丽莎白·利基斯。欢迎收听重点报道节目。本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
The battle was fierce and terrible.
这场战斗激烈而可怕。
Almost 40,000 men died in the fighting, or later from their wounds.
近4万人在战斗中死亡，或后来因伤死亡。
All over the battlefield men cried out for help.
整个战场上的人都在呼喊救命。
Jean Henri Dunant was deeply shocked by the terrible things he saw.
让·亨利·杜南对他所看到的可怕的事情深感震惊。
Henri Dunant was a rich businessman from Switzerland.
亨利·杜南是一位来自瑞士的富商。
He went to Paris to work on a business deal with Emperor Napoleon the third.
他去巴黎找拿破仑三世解决生意上的问题。
But Napoleon was away in Italy, fighting a war.
但拿破仑三世当时正在意大利打仗。
Henri Dunant went to find him.
亨利·杜南去找他。
He arrived just in time to see the battle of Solferino.
他赶到的时候正好看到了索尔费里诺战役。
It was a day that changed his life forever. The year was 1859.
这一天永远改变了他的一生。那一年是1859年。
Men lay dying on the battlefield in the fierce sun.
烈日下，人们躺在战场上奄奄一息。
There was no one to care for their wounds or even to bring them a drink of water.
没有人照顾他们的伤口，甚至没有人给他们送水喝。
Dunant did what he could.
杜南尽其所能。
He persuaded local people to help.
他说服当地人帮忙。
But four days after the battle, he discovered 500 more wounded men - men he had not seen before.
但在战斗后的四天里，他又发现了500多名伤员——这些人他以前从未见过。
He said, ‘I succeeded in getting together some women who helped me as best they could.
他说，“我成功地召集了一些妇女，她们尽最大努力帮我。
These men needed food and drink.
这些人需要食物和水。
Their wounds needed treatment.
他们的伤口需要治疗。
Their bodies needed washing.
他们的身体需要清洗。
All this happened in a hot, dirty atmosphere with terrible smells and cries of pain all around’.
所有这一切都发生在一个又热又脏的环境中，到处都弥漫着难闻的气味和痛苦的叫声。”
