醫務人員英語通

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目前政府各機關積極推動雙語化環境，各醫療院所也不例外。除了配合政策外，現今的世界儼然成為小小地球村，處處可見來自國外的朋友，甚至於他（她）們已融入我們的社會，成為台灣的一份子，透過國際語言──英語的溝通，顯見重要。
在醫療環境中，雙語已成為不可避免的趨勢，未來，我們可見，不只是雙語環境的建立，而會朝向多語化的環境來發展。
欣見文娟、Tim以及鄭偉奇老師願意在忙碌工作之餘，將醫療工作中常會應用的話語編輯成冊，以供醫療界人士參考、在校學生學習。期望這本手冊能便利大家，同時在建構雙語環境中一同努力。
馬偕紀念醫院新竹分院院長
郭許達 謹誌

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For more than ten years now I have had the great privilege of teaching English to students all over Taiwan. I am very grateful for their patience in allowing me to experiment with every technique I had learned and many more that I created myself. I have discovered again and again that the best resources for teaching English are a group of interested, motivated students working creatively together and that the best textbooks are direct and straightforward. This book is designed as a resource to be kept in the pocket or on the desktop of all nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals who use English as a second language and may come in contact with the English speaking public. It contains many sample sentences commonly used in hospitals so that it will be consulted often. Please read it over and practice repeating the sentences as often as you can.

My great adventure in teaching English to the wonderful students of Taiwan was made so much more fulfilling by the nurses and staff at McKay Memorial Hospital in Hsinchu. I am very grateful to the hard work and dedicated support of my coauthor Wendy Sung who compiled the essential sentences found in this book. Many hours have been spent going over every word with my other coauthor, Sylvia Cheng, to ensure that every phrase and sentence is at the same time grammatically correct and common colloquial English. Without their dedication and hard work this book would not have been possible. Along with every copy of this book goes our sincere hope that every reader will find it valuable!

James Timothy Allen