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One night, while walking to my car, I had a slight stroke and staggered to the left. I had been smoking one cigarette after another that night, and I felt that that was what caused it.
一天夜晚，我朝我的車走去時，發(fā)生了一次小中風(fēng)，身子踉踉蹌蹌地往左歪。那天晚上我曾一支接一支地抽煙，我感到那便是致病的原因。
My wife, Muriel, and I tried to quit. We lasted eight days.
我和妻子繆蕾爾試著戒煙。我們堅持了 8天。
It wasn't that I got any real pleasure out of smoking. Except for the first cigarette in the morning with my coffee, I never enjoyed it.
其實我并沒有從抽煙當(dāng)中真正得到多少樂趣。除了早上就著咖啡抽的第一支煙外，我從來沒有覺得抽煙是件快樂的事。
My mouth always tasted nasty. Smoking took away my appetite. It brought on emphysema that made it hard to breathe.
我嘴里老是苦澀澀的。抽煙使我飯菜吃起來不香。還引起肺氣腫，令我呼吸不暢。
In 1956, smoking more than ever, I came to Honolulu to work for a local newspaper.
1956年那年，我抽煙抽得特別厲害，那時我來到火奴魯魯，在當(dāng)?shù)匾患覉笊绻ぷ鳌?/div>
In June 1965 my stomach began hurting, and I would get up every hour or half hour during the night to drink milk and smoke a cigarette.
1965年6月，我的胃開始犯病，夜里每隔一小時或半小時我就得起床，喝些牛奶抽支煙。
In September 1965 I came down with a horrible cough. I was hoarse, and there was a nasty soreness in my left lung.
到了 1965年9月，我開始不停地咳嗽。我嗓子沙啞，左肺部疼痛不堪。
I went to my doctor. He listened to my chest and ordered an X-ray.
我去看醫(yī)生，他作了胸部聽診后，讓我做X光透視。
"You have a lung tumor,"he said.
“你長了個肺瘤，”他說。
Four days later, the lung surgeon took out a left lobe.
4天后，外科醫(yī)生取出了我的一個左肺葉。
A month later, I was back at work. I hadn't smoked since the day before my operation. It wasn't hard to quit - for one simple reason. Motivation .
一個月后，我回去上班。我從手術(shù)前一天起就沒抽過煙。戒煙不難——原因只有一個：動力。
