中口0309听力原文

2. Passage Translation

(1) In Tokyo, Japan, most people still work six days a week. A typical businessman’s day might begin the lengthy journey from the suburbs followed by long hours at his desk. In the evening, he might visit one of the city’s 500,000 restaurants with a few colleagues. Very little of his time actually spent at home. But people are happy to live like this, because it means it will do well in their job.

(2) I think patients are human beings not numbers. I remembered before my father died in 1993, he went to see a doctor that has taken over the practice his long time physician, and he got into the waiting room and there was not person there. And he had to push a button, and automatic voice came on asked him who he was. My father said, “none of your business, I’m leaving.” And walked out of the door.

Well, I think a lot of people have that feeling that we don’t want to be treated like numbers. And we especially don’t want our family members to be treated like numbers in American Hospitals.