[해외유머] '관찰력 <상>'

The professor of medicine said to his students that if they wantedto become good doctors there were two things most important for them : one was to observe carefully, and the other was not to be disgusted at unpleasant things. In front of him was a bowl of dirty dish-water, with an offensive smell, and he went on to say that, to test them, he was going to puta finger first in the water and then in his mouth, and that he wantedthem all to do after him exactly what he did. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- observe : 관찰하다 be disgusted at : ~에 넌더리를 내다 bowl : 사발 dish-water : 구정물 offensive smell : 고약한 냄새---------------------------------------------------------------------- 의학교수는 학생들을 보고 훌륭한 의사가 되려면 두가지가 무엇보다도중요한데, 그 하나는 세심하게 관찰하는 것이고 다른 하나는 고약한 것에넌더리를 내지 않는 것이라고 했다. 그의 앞에는 고약한 냄새가 풍기는 더러운 구정물 한 사발이 있었는데,그는 학생들을 테스트하기 위해 자기가 손가락 하나를 구정물에 담갔다가입에 넣도록 하겠으니 다들 그대로 따라서 해보라고 했다. (한국경제신문 1997년 12월 1일자).