There were two things that surprised me The first one was that the common theme of the discussions we had were hospital budgets and cost-cutting, and the second thing, which really bothered me, actually, was that several of the colleagues I met, former friends from medical school, who I knew to be some of the smartest, most motivated, engaged and passionate people I'd ever met, many of them had turned cynical, disengaged,
有两件事情让我吃惊。 第一，医学院里 常常讨论的话题是医院的预算 和削减开支。 第二，也是真正让我忧心的 是我遇到的几位同事。 他们是我在医学院的昔日好友， 他们是我所认识的最聪明， 最有积极性的，热衷参与 并富有激情的人。 但是，他们中的很多人，现在变得漠然且愤世嫉俗，