文章大意:本部分为三段文章。第一段为说明文,介绍了维多利亚女王的私人医生约翰·斯诺希望为更多的普通人治疗霍乱。第二段为说明文,介绍了英格兰、威尔士与苏格兰合并的历史。第三段为记叙文,讲述了作者在新环境中缺氧导致不适,准备作出调整时,王平出现了。
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John Snow was a famous doctor in London —so 26 , indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal 27 . But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people 28 to cholera.
First there was England. Wales was 29 to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales 30 as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. Happily this was accomplished without 31 when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.
At first my new surroundings were difficult to 32 . The air seemed thin, as though its combination of gases had little oxygen 33 . Hit by a 34 of fresh air, my head ached. Just as I tried to make the necessary 35 to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.