两位医生刚被叫去急诊。

Two doctors have just been called away to an emergency case.

听说有急诊，医生撂下筷子就走。

Hearing that there was an emergency case, the doctor put down his chopsticks and left at once.

病人情况危急，因而需要手术，但又无法保证她是否能经受得住麻醉剂，外科医生处于进退两难的境地。

The patient’s condition was critical and she needed an operation but there was no guarantee that she would survive the anaesthetic; the surgeon was on the horns of a dilemma.