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1、unit6TheLastLeafWhenJohnsyfellseriouslyill,sheseemedtolosethewilltohangontolife.Thedoctorheldoutlittlehopeforher.Herfriendsseemedhelpless.Wastherenothingtobedone?约翰西病情严重,她似乎失去了活下去的意志。医生对她不抱什么希望。朋友们看来也爱莫能助。难道真的就无可奈何了吗?1Atthetopofathree-storybrickbuilding,SueandJohnsyhad
2、theirstudio."Johnsy"wasfamiliarforJoanna.OnewasfromMaine;theotherfromCalifornia.TheyhadmetatacafeonEighthStreetandfoundtheirtastesinart,chicorysaladandbishopsleevessomuchintunethatthejointstudioresulted.在一幢三层砖楼的顶层,苏和约翰西辟了个画室。“约翰西”是乔安娜的昵称。她们一位来自缅因州,一位来自加利福尼亚。两人相遇在第八大街的一
3、个咖啡馆,发现各自在艺术品味、菊苣色拉,以及灯笼袖等方面趣味相投,于是就有了这个两人画室。2ThatwasinMay.InNovemberacold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,stalkedaboutthedistrict,touchingonehereandtherewithhisicyfingers.Johnsywasamonghisvictims.Shelay,scarcelymovingonherbed,lookingthroughthesmallwindowa
4、ttheblanksideofthenextbrickhouse.那是5月里的事。到了11月,一个医生称之为肺炎的阴森的隐形客闯入了这一地区,用它冰冷的手指东碰西触。约翰西也为其所害。她病倒了,躺在床上几乎一动不动,只能隔着小窗望着隔壁砖房那单调沉闷的侧墙。3OnemorningthebusydoctorinvitedSueintothehallwaywithabushy,grayeyebrow.一天上午,忙碌的医生扬了扬灰白的浓眉,示意苏来到过道。4"Shehasonechanceinten,"hesaid."Andthatcha
5、nceisforhertowanttolive.Yourlittleladyhasmadeuphermindthatshe'snotgoingtogetwell.Hassheanythingonhermind?“她只有一成希望,”他说。“那还得看她自己是不是想活下去。你这位女朋友已经下决心不想好了。她有什么心事吗?”5"She--shewantedtopainttheBayofNaplessomeday,"saidSue.“她――她想有一天能去画那不勒斯湾,”苏说。6"Paint?--bosh!Hassheanythingonher
6、mindworththinkingabouttwice--aman,forinstance?"“画画?――得了。她有没有别的事值得她留恋的――比如说,一个男人?”7"Aman?"saidSue."Isamanworth--but,no,doctor;thereisnothingofthekind."“男人?”苏说。“难道一个男人就值得――可是,她没有啊,大夫,没有这码子事。”8"Well,"saidthedoctor."Iwilldoallthatsciencecanaccomplish.Butwhenevermypatientbe
7、ginstocountthecarriagesinherfuneralprocessionIsubtract50percentfromthecurativepowerofmedicines."AfterthedoctorhadgoneSuewentintotheworkroomandcried.ThenshemarchedintoJohnsy'sroomwithherdrawingboard,whistlingamerrytune.“好吧,”大夫说。“我会尽一切努力,只要是科学能做到的。可是,但凡病人开始计算她出殡的行列里有几辆马车
8、的时候,我就要把医药的疗效减去一半。”大夫走后,苏去工作室哭了一场。随后她携着画板大步走进约翰西的房间,口里吹着轻快的口哨。9Johnsylay,scarcelymakingamovementunderthebedclothes,wi