弗劳伦斯.南丁格尔于 1820 年 5 月 12 日出生在意大利，并以他的出生地命名。其父亲和私人教师教弗劳伦斯.南丁格尔和她的妹妹学习。 她学业优秀。长大后，她决定做一名护士，这个决定令她的家人很不 安。因为在当时的英国，护士这个职业被别人看不起。但是，她已下 定决心,并开始在医院护理病患。
1854 年，英国与俄国在土耳其交战，很多英国士兵在前线受伤或患 病，伤兵们躺在肮脏的军队医院里坚硬的地板上。到了晚上。他们尽 力入睡，但是老鼠在他们身上跑来跑去，他们的环境真是太糟了。
有关前线伤员们的痛苦遭遇的报道在英国激起了愤慨，为此，政府指 派弗劳伦斯.南丁格尔招聘女护士到前线军队医院工作。于是南丁格 尔和 38 个女护士来到了克里米亚，刚开始，医生们认为这些女人帮 不上忙。但是，事实上护士们所起的作用大不一样。在白天，护士们 清理病房，照顾士兵。在晚上，南丁格尔提着灯在医院到处走动照顾 病人。这些士兵们开始称“提灯女士”。
原文如下：
Florence Nightingale was born in Italy on 12 May 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. Florence and her sister were educated by their father and private teachers. She excelled in her studies. When she grew up , she decided to become a nurse. This decision greatly upset her family, because at that time nurses in England were looked down upon by people. But she was determined, and began caring for the sick in hospitals.
In 1854 ,England was fighting a war with Russia in Turkey .At the front many British soldiers were wounded or sick. The wounded soldiers lay on the hard floors of a dirty army hospital. In the evening, the tried to sleep, but rats ran over their bodies. The conditions for them were terrible.
Reports of the sufferings of the wounded in the front created anger in Britain. In response, the government appointed Florence Nightingale to hire female nurses to work in the military hospitals in the front. Florence arrived in Crimea with thirty-eight nurses. At first ,the doctors did not believe that women could help. But in fact, the nurses did make a difference. By day, nurses cleaned the wards and cared for the soldiers. At night, Nightingale took a lamp and walked around the hospital attending the patients. The soldiers began to call Florence “The lady with the Lamp”.
