"Life is precious. ...To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I r_ that trust, saying I'm cold, hungry, or tired?" These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a l_ into the heart of this a_woman, and what carried her through a life of hard c ．

As a five­year­old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply a by her mother's death. At age 18, instead of following the tpath of marriage like the majority of girls, she chose to study m. "Why should girls learn so much? Finding a good husband should be their final g！" her brother complained, thinking of the high tuition fees. She r, "I'd rather stay s to study all my life！"