今天很熱，早上不停走來走去，不知不覺額頭佈滿汗珠，貼心的同事遞上紙巾，擦去額頭的汗，可是工裝下的衣服都已經汗溼了。秋老虎，也就再兇殘一個月吧。

今天還是沒到正文，先透過這篇“介紹”瞭解一下故事的背景。

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。

沒有生詞［可愛］每天晚上讀兩段，一週複習一次。哇，不知道要多久才能讀完這本三百多頁的書［思考］