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See the World (An Easy English Story): Part 3
Neil does not want the doctors to look at him. He wants them to look at the patient or look at the machine. The machine is working now, not Neil.
The computer works. Neil looks at Sam. Sam smiles under his mask. Neil feels good when he sees Sam.
Neil’s real name is Alexander MacNeil, but on his first day of work, Sam called him Neil. Sam said that Neil’s real name was too long. Sam also asked Neil to call him “Sam.” Sam never told Neil his last name. When Neil met Sam, Neil thought that Sam was too casual. Neil felt angry. But after Neil worked with Sam for ten years, Neil liked his nickname. He also liked Sam.
Neil and Sam usually ate lunch in Sam’s car. They listened to music while they ate their cafeteria sandwiches. Neil was the best doctor at Johns Hopkins, and Sam was not a very good doctor. But Neil felt happy around Sam. Most doctors use very big words, but Sam talks to Neil like a friend.
Neil hears a sound. His memory of meeting Sam finishes. A message appears on Neil’s computer screen. The message says: “The computer found 100% of the HIV cells. The computer will start genome editing. The patient is safe.” Neil turns off the machine. He feels very happy!
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