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* When Johnsy fell seriously ill, she seemed to lose the will to hang on to life. The doctor held out little hope for her. Her friends seemed helpless. Was there nothing to be done？ 活下去 不抱希望 爱莫能助 无可奈何 At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted. 三层 画室 昵称 菊苣 灯笼袖 趣味相投 两人画室 That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house. 隐形客 肺炎 悄悄闯入，蔓延 空白单调的 One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a bushy, gray eyebrow. “She has one chance in ten,” he said. “And that chance is for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind that she‘s not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind? 过道 浓眉 一成 心事 “She — she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day, said Sue. “Paint? — bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking about twice — a man, for instance? A man? said Sue. Is a man worth — but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind. 海湾 得了 留恋不舍 “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines. “After the doctor had gone Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched into Johnsy‘s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune. 做得到 出殡队伍 （疗效） 大步走进 吹口哨 Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting — counting backward. Twelve, she said, and a little la