While visiting my mother in the hospital, I stopped in the cafeteria for breakfast. I set a piece of bread on the moving toaster rack and waited for it to pass under the heated coils and return golden brown. Instead, it got stuck at the back of the toaster and I couldn't reach it. The woman next in line quickly seized a pair of tongs, reached in and fished out the piece of toast. “You must be an emergency worker,” I joked. “No,” she replied with a grin. “I'm an obstetrician.”
我到医院探望母亲的时候,到餐厅吃早餐。我把一片面包放在旋转式烤炉的转盘上,等它经过加热线圈烤成浅棕色以后再转出来。但是,面包卡在烤炉的后面,我够不到。排在我后面的女人麻利地抓起一把钳子,夹住面包片,把它捞出烤炉。我开玩笑地说:“你一定是一个急救人员。”她咧嘴笑了笑说:“不对,我是产科医生。”