今回は、「エンジョイ・シンプル・イングリッシュ」から、世界の偉人伝の文章をご紹介します。パキスタン、アフガニスタンで長年支援活動に携わり、2019年に銃撃され亡くなられた医師、中村哲さんについての文章(抜粋)です。
everyone and give people a place to live.”
Nakamura Tetsu spent years helping the people of Afghanistan. People there called him Uncle Hope. However, he was shot and killed on his way to work in December 2019. He was 73 years old.
Nakamura first went abroad because of his passion for insects. This was in 1978. His friends asked him to come with them as their doctor to climb a mountain in Pakistan. The mountain was famous for a very special butterfly, and he wanted to see it. Nakamura saw the butterfly, but he also saw many people who needed doctors. Later, he was asked to work in Peshawar, Pakistan, and he was happy to go. He worked very hard to take care of the people with many different diseases at the hospital. He opened three new clinics in 1991 and many more later on.
カナダ出身。1993年より開成学園で教鞭をとり、海外進学アドバイザーや多読プログラム・ディレクターなどを歴任。トロントとモントリオールで育ったのち、大学時代をブリティッシュ・コロンビアで過ごす。修士(応用言語学)。全国語学教育学会(JALT)における多読研究部会を設立。国際多読教育学会(ERF)理事。著書にBringing Extensive Reading into the Classroom(オックスフォード大学出版局、共著)、80 Conversations(イーティーパブリケーションズ)、Listening Gym(数研出版、共著)など。余暇には水泳、ジャグリング、ギター演奏、ジュニアアイスホッケー観戦などをして過ごす。
■ イラスト:須田浩介