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.”
我去看我媽媽的時候,她注意到我在兩個小時之內沒有吸煙。她問我:“你是不是準備要戒掉這個習慣?”我回答說:“不是。我得了感冒。我覺得不太舒服的時候就不吸煙?!彼f:“看來,你如果生病多一些,可能會活得長一些?!?