When Dr Richard Horton turns up for our Zoom lunch, I feel a pang of disappointment. I am at home but attired for a real-life work meeting: black frock, inoffensive earrings and a dab of make-up. The editor-in-chief of The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal founded in 1823, “arrives” in a black hoodie. He has apparently forgotten his light-hearted promise to wear a jacket, though happily remembered that we are dining together. “Look, I’ve got my lunch,” he says proudly, thrusting a brown paper bag towards the camera. He offers to wait until mine is delivered.
當理查德?霍頓醫生(Dr Richard Horton)通過Zoom出現在我們的午餐時，我有點失望。我在家里，但穿著打扮是為參加真正的工作會議準備的：黑色連衣裙、不太引人注意的耳環，淡妝。創辦于1823年的英國知名醫學刊物《柳葉刀》(Lancet)的這位主編穿著一件黑色連帽衫“出鏡”。他顯然忘記了他隨口說過的要穿休閑西裝的承諾，不過很高興他還記得我們要“一起吃午餐”?！翱?，我的午餐來了，”他驕傲地說著，把一個棕色紙袋推向鏡頭。他提出等我的午餐送來后再一起開吃。