九月八日《呼叫助产士》二

国宝和花朵开学第二周。

第一周的前两天一天送国宝，一天送花朵，第三天我给自己放了个假。我一个头上参差着白发，近视加老花，左手肩周炎，右腿髌骨半脱位的欧巴桑，连着奔波搬运行李两天，着实需要好好缓一缓；第四天打扫卫生，第五天迎接神兽回归，时间飞逝，如白驹过隙。

这周前三天都在办事，疫情当下，线上办理越来越方便，在家基本上没有通过打电话和微信不能解决的问题。我还大略地通读了国宝和花朵的课本，自己也定了个大概的学习计划。

我觉得自己可以算是个“优秀家长”了，结果，昨晚睡前刷朋友圈，发现总有家长更优秀，很有几位学霸的家长严于律己，已经开始或者做完了培优的卷子，并且一直在坚持和孩子学习[思考]

我也要调整一下我的计划了，为了啥？防止老年痴呆，不被孩子看轻，以身作则，合理利用时间。。。。。。

今天看了《呼叫助产士》的前言。很有几个不熟悉的单词，它们一定都认得我，可是我要去它们家拜访才能确定[捂脸]

PREFACE

In January 1998, the Midwives Journal published an article by Terri-Coates entitled “Impressions of a Midwife in Literature”，After careful research right across European and English-language writing, Terri was forced to conclude that midwives are virtually non-existent in literature.

Why, in heaven's name? Fictional doctors grace the pages of books in droves, scattering pearls of wisdom as they pass. Nurses. good and bad, are by no means absent. But midwives? Whoever heard of a midwife as a literary heroine? Yet midwifery is the very stuff of drama. Every child is conceived either in love or lust, is born in pain, followed by joy or sometimes remorse. A midwife is in the thick of it, she sees it all. Why then does she remain a shadowy figure, hidden behind the delivery room door?

Terri-Coates finished her article with a lament for the neglect of such an important profession. I read her words, accepted the challenge, and took up my pen.

生词：fictional lust remorse lament