A couple of hours into a visit with my mother she noticed I hadn't lit up a cigarette once. “Are you trying to kick the habit?” “No,” I replied, “I've got a cold and I don't smoke when I'm not feeling well.” “You know,” she observed, “you'd probably live longer if you were sick more often.”
我去看我媽媽的時(shí)候,她注意到我在兩個(gè)小時(shí)之內(nèi)沒有吸煙。她問我:“你是不是準(zhǔn)備要戒掉這個(gè)習(xí)慣?”我回答說:“不是。我得了感冒。我覺得不太舒服的時(shí)候就不吸煙。”她說:“看來,你如果生病多一些,可能會(huì)活得長(zhǎng)一些。”