I talked to a patient there in her early 30s.She had been a worker at a TB hospital when she came down with a cough.She went to a doctor and he told her she had drug-resistant TB.She was later diagnosed with AIDS.She wasn’t going to live much longer,but there were plenty of MDR patients waiting to take her bed when she vacated (腾出) it.This was hell (苦难之地) with a waiting list.

　　But seeing this hell didn’t reduce my optimism.It channeled it.I got into the car as I left and I told the doctor we were working with that I know MDR-TB is hard to cure,but we must do something for these people.And in fact,this year,we are entering phase (阶段) three with the new TB drug regime (疗法).For patients who respond,instead of a 50 percent cure rate after 18 months for $2,000,we get an 80 percent cure rate after six months for under $100.

　　Optimism is often dismissed as false hope.But there is also false hopelessness.That’s the attitude that says we can’t defeat poverty and disease.We absolutely can.

　　1.On his arrival at a hospital for patients with MDR-TB in South Africa,Bill Gates 　. 

　　A.had already worked out a new treatment for the patients

　　B.had an immediate talk with the doctors in charge of the hospital

　　C.thought it was very comfortable for patients with MDR-TB

　　D.was shocked by the desperate situations of the patients in the hospital

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