Doctor’s Advice

Once an old gentleman went to see a doctor. The doctor examined him and said:"Medicine won't help you. You must have a complete rest. Go to a quiet country place for a month, go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot,and smoke just one cigar a day."

"Thank you very much," said the old gentleman,"I shall do everything you say."

A month later, the gentleman came to the doctor again. "How do you do!" said the doctor," I am very glad to see you. You look much younger."

"Oh, doctor," said the gentleman," I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early. I drank a lot of milk. I walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you told me to smoke one ciyar a day, and that one ciger almost killed me at first. It's no joke to start smoking at my age."

    一个老先生去看医生。医生给他检查之后，说：“药物对你没甚么用。你得好好休息。去宁静的乡间住上一个月，晚上早点睡觉，喝些牛奶，散散步，每天只抽一根雪茄。”

   “谢谢您 ，”老先生说，“我一定照办。”

    一个月之后，他又回来看医生。

   “你好啊！”医生说，“我见到你很高兴。你看上去年轻多了。”

   “啊，医生，”老先生说，“我现在感觉相当好。我休息得不错，晚上早早上床，喝很多牛奶，经常散步，您的建议对我的确有效。但是您叫我一天抽一根雪茄，刚开始那雪茄简直要了我的命。我这把年纪才开始学抽烟可不是闹着玩儿的事！”