我在此給讀者一個建議：你不妨先看看中文文章，先不看英文的翻譯，然後試著將中文翻成英文，我相信你一定會覺得中翻英好困難。翻完以後，再去看英文翻譯，相信可以學到不少，也可以寫出越來越像外國人的句子。-- 李家同

李花村 Plum Blossom Village
我行醫已經快四十年了，以目前情況來看，我相信孩子存活的機會非常小，可是我仍安排他住進加護病房，孩子臉上罩上了氧氣罩，靜靜地躺著。我忽然跪下來作了一個非常誠懇的祈禱，我向上蒼說，我願意走，希望上蒼將孩子留下來。理由很簡單，我已六十五歲，這一輩子活得豐富而舒適，我已對人世沒什麼眷戀，可是孩子只有六歲，讓他活下去，好好地享受人生吧！

I’ve been a doctor for nearly forty years; judging by the look of things, I knew that the boy’s chances of survival were very slim. In spite of that, however, I had him put in the ICU. He lay there quietly, an oxygen mask covering his face. Suddenly I knelt down and said an unusually earnest prayer. “I’m willing to die, but I hope You will preserve this boy,” I said to God. “The reason is simple: I‘m 65 years old. I’ve lived a full and comfortable life; now I’m ready to take my leave of this world. But this boy is only six! Please let him live. Let him enjoy what life has to offer.”