九月九日《呼叫助产士》背景介绍一

今天很热，早上不停走来走去，不知不觉额头布满汗珠，贴心的同事递上纸巾，擦去额头的汗，可是工装下的衣服都已经汗湿了。秋老虎，也就再凶残一个月吧。

今天还是没到正文，先通过这篇“介绍”了解一下故事的背景。

INTRODUCTION

Nonnatus House was situated in the heart of the London Dock-lands. The practice covered Stepney, Limehouse, Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, Cubitt Town, Poplar, Bow, Mile End and Whitechapel. The area was densely populated and most families had lived there for generations, often not moving more than a street or two away from their birthplace. Family life was lived at close quarters and children were brought up by a widely extended family of aunts, grandparents, cousins and older siblings, all living within a few houses, or at the most, streets of each other. Children would run in and out of each other's homes all the time and when I lived and worked there, I cannot remember a door ever being locked, except at night.

Children were everywhere, and the streets were their play- grounds. In the 1950s there were no cars in the back streets, because no one had a car, so it was perfectly safe to play there. There was heavy industrial traffic on the main roads, particularly those leading to and from the docks, but the little streets were traffic-free.

没有生词[可爱]每天晚上读两段，一周复习一次。哇，不知道要多久才能读完这本三百多页的书[思考]