Florence Nightingale was a well-known nurse. She was famous as the “Lady with the Lamp（灯）” because she carried a lamp with _________ when she took care of soldiers in hospital in the evenings. Florence was born in a rich family. However, she _________ want to get married like her parents wanted her to. Instead, she wanted to be a _________. She worked in hospitals and helped to improve the medical care that the patients received. She made sure that the equipment（设备）was _________ and that the patients were well taken care of.

Later, Florence worked in a hospital _________ soldiers. She was shocked when she found out that there was not enough medicine for the people and the conditions were dirty. She _________ to make changes to the hospital. She asked for money _________ worked long hours into the night to take care of the patients. Hospital equipment was clean and germs（细菌）didn’t spread _________ among the soldiers.

A Nightingale Training School for nurses was later _________. The school taught nurses how to take proper care of patients in hospitals. Later, Florence also wrote books on nursing. Today, International Nurses’ Day is __________ on Florence Nightingale’s birthday.