52. Cancer

Paula has cancer. She has six months to live. Her doctors cannot help her. No one can help her. She smoked cigarettes for 30 years. She did not want to stop smoking cigarettes. She liked to smoke cigarettes. The doctors told her to stop smoking many years ago. She didn't listen to them. She didn't listen to her parents. She didn't listen to her children. She didn't listen to her friends. Everyone told her to stop smoking. She told everyone to stop worrying about her. She would be fine, she told them. She still smokes every day. Why not, she asks.

宝拉得了癌症。她只有六个月的生命。她的医生不能帮助她。没有人可以帮助她。她抽了30年的烟。她不想停止吸烟。她喜欢抽香烟。医生们多年前就告诉她要戒烟。她没有听他们的话。她不听她父母的话。她没有听她的孩子们的话。她不听她朋友的话。每个人都告诉她要停止吸烟。她告诉大家不要再为她担心了。她告诉他们，她会好起来的。她仍然每天吸烟。为什么不呢，她问道。

did not没有; 未 ; 的缩写

want to 应该

listen to 听

be fine 很好

every day 每日

Why not 为什么不好