茱莉亚29岁时,头发已是花白;现在,她62岁,头发变成了蓝灰色,长及下颚骨,像一顶结实的头盔。她看着手上的婚戒,观察到古铜色的手背上青筋暴起。那个实习医生告诉她,她得了癌症。骨髓癌。实习医生发现她已经看过那份病情卷宗——是医学顾问丢在办公桌上的——觉得她已经知道了诊断结果。也许实习医生把动物学博士的她当成了医学博士了,他希望以一种平和的方式告诉 At the age of 29, Julia had gray hair; now, at 62, her hair turns blue-gray, long and jawed, like a strong helmet. She looked at the wedding ring in her hand and observed the bronze back of her hand rising up. The interns told her she had cancer. Bone marrow cancer. The intern found that she had seen the medical record-the medical advisor left at her desk-thinking she knew the diagnosis. Perhaps the intern became a doctor of zoology and she wanted to tell in a calm manner