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She could have lived an easy, comfortable life. But instead she chose to work hard and care for the sick.
她能过一个舒适的生活。但她却选择了努力工作，照顾病人。
Florence Nightingale was one of the world's great nurses. Every year on her birthday, May 12, people celebrate International Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she gave to so many people.
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔是世界上最伟大的护士。每年在她的生日，5月12日，人们都会庆祝国际护士节，来记住她给那么多人的爱和帮助。
Nightingale was born into a rich family in 1820 in Florence, Italy. When she was 24, she told her parents she wanted to be a nurse. But they didn't like that idea. The family had lots of money, so they thought it would be better if she didn't work. Nurses were not well respected at the time. But Nightingale went on with her dream. She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse. There were no nursing schools at the time. She had to learn by practicing.
南丁格尔出生在1820年意大利弗洛伦萨一个富裕的家庭中。当她24岁的时候，她告诉她的父母，她想当一名护士。但父母并不赞同这个想法。家庭有很多钱，所以他们认为女儿最好不用工作。护士在当时并不受尊重。但南丁格尔坚持她的梦想。她去德国学习当护士。当时没有护理学校。她必须通过不来练习来学习成为护士。
During a war in 1854, Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses from England went to care for soldiers near Turkey. She made the hospitals much cleaner there.
1854年战争期间，英国南丁格尔和一队的38名护士土耳其一带去照顾士兵。她把医院打扫得很干净。
At night, she would look after the soldiers. She carried a lamp with her, and soldiers began to call her “The Lady with the Lamp”.
晚上，她会照顾士兵。由于她随身带着一盏灯，士兵们开始叫她“带着灯的女人”。
In 1860, after the war, Nightingale opened the first nursing school. She also worked to make hospitals better and make rules for nurses. She died in 1910 in London, England at age 90.
在1860，战争之后，南丁格尔开设了第一所护理学校。她还努力为医院制定更好的护士规章制度。她在1910岁时死于伦敦，享年90岁。
Nightingale's birthday became International Nurses Day in 1974.
1974年，南丁格尔的生日成为国际护士节。
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