“Sheila, I’ve got an undergrad for you.(Sheila,我帮你招了一个本科生。)”尹书荷刚回实验室Ed就扔来一个重磅消息。
“What undergrad? Ed, you know I’m finishing up my projects.(什么本科生?Ed,你知道我的项目都在收尾了。)”尹书荷原本就不太喜欢带本科生,现在都快要毕业了,Ed居然还帮她招本科生。
“She’s a really nice one, I promise. I told her about your situation, but she insisted that she wants to be involved in your projects.(我向你保证,她很优秀的。我告诉过她,你快要毕业了,但她坚持想跟你做项目。)”
“This is not a matter of whether she is outstanding or not, but I don’t have work for her. She won’t be able to learn anything from me.(这不是她优秀不优秀的问题啊,我这边没有工作需要她帮忙,她在我这边也学不到任何东西。)”尹书荷真是一个头两个大,Ed是最近钱多没处花所以用来招本科生玩嘛?“Is she coming anytime soon? I can talk to her, either she works with another student in our lab, or she works with another lab.(她最近会过来吗?我亲自和她谈,要么她跟别人干,要么她去别的实验室。)”
“I’m so sorry Sheila. I should have told you before.”Ed意识到尹书荷好像真的有点生气。这个叫Jasmine的女生履历的确很出色,他在她的身上看到了尹书荷当年的影子,她又有意未来跟他念研究生,所以他不愿意错过这个苗子。只是Jasmine说什么也只要跟尹书荷干活,Ed进退两难之间只好先把人招进来再说。“She’s gonna be a perfect candidate for the following up of your project, I really don’t wanna miss her. Don’t worry, if you really don’t wanna take her, I can ask Giana to take her. I believe she’ll be on her own very soon.(由她来接手你项目的后续工作再合适不过,所以我先把她招进组里了。不过没关系,你如果真的不想带她,我可以让Giana带她,她应该很快就可以独立工作。)”尹书荷的项目未来很有前景,虽然她毕业了,但Ed不会放弃继续推进这个项目。
一听说Giana,尹书荷果然有些动摇:“Let me talk to her first.(我先和她谈谈。)”
对于尹书荷,Ed无疑是一个好导师,无论在实验上还是生活上,Ed都给予她最大的支持与关怀。当时和Giana闹翻的时候,Ed直截了当地告诉她:“You are an independent researcher and you have you own MD project. You’ll never have to work for her. Consider the work you have done for this project, you’ll be the co-author anyways, but if you prefer to take over the project by yourself, I can ask her to work on other projects.(你是一个独立的研究员,你有你自己的实验项目,你永远都不需要为她工作。你们合作的那个项目你前期做了不少工作,所以你不用担心论文署名。如果你想自己做这个项目,我也可以让她做去其他项目。)”尹书荷很清楚,因为她是Ed最得力的学生,所以她得到了Ed的偏袒。
“Max, I’m so sorry. I didn’t have time to check my message.(Max,对不起,我刚刚没来得及看消息。)”实验楼里是有门禁系统的,尹书荷下楼的时候看到的就是段艺泽可怜兮兮地提着宵夜坐在实验楼门前的台阶上,实在是有损他大明星的形象,“对不起对不起,我忘记你今天回来了。”