[해외유머] '관찰력 <상>'

The professor of medicine said to his students that if they wanted
to 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 put
a finger first in the water and then in his mouth, and that he wanted
them all to do after him exactly what he did.

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<> observe : 관찰하다
<> be disgusted at : ~에 넌더리를 내다
<> bowl : 사발
<> dish-water : 구정물
<> offensive smell : 고약한 냄새

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의학교수는 학생들을 보고 훌륭한 의사가 되려면 두가지가 무엇보다도
중요한데, 그 하나는 세심하게 관찰하는 것이고 다른 하나는 고약한 것에
넌더리를 내지 않는 것이라고 했다.

그의 앞에는 고약한 냄새가 풍기는 더러운 구정물 한 사발이 있었는데,
그는 학생들을 테스트하기 위해 자기가 손가락 하나를 구정물에 담갔다가
입에 넣도록 하겠으니 다들 그대로 따라서 해보라고 했다.

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(한국경제신문 1997년 12월 1일자).