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.
当理查德•霍顿医生(Dr Richard Horton)通过Zoom出现在我们的午餐时，我有点失望。我在家里，但穿着打扮是为参加真正的工作会议准备的：黑色连衣裙、不太引人注意的耳环，淡妆。创办于1823年的英国知名医学刊物《柳叶刀》(Lancet)的这位主编穿着一件黑色连帽衫“出镜”。他显然忘记了他随口说过的要穿休闲西装的承诺，不过很高兴他还记得我们要“一起吃午餐”。“看，我的午餐来了，”他骄傲地说着，把一个棕色纸袋推向镜头。他提出等我的午餐送来后再一起开吃。