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[font=tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]When Dave Perkins was young, he played a lot of games, and he was thin and strong, but when he was forty-five, he began to get fat and slow. He was not able to breathe as well as before, and when he walked rather fast, his heart beat painfully.[/font]
[font=tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]He did not do anything about this for a long time, but finally he became anxious and went to see a doctor, and the doctor sent him to hospital. Another young doctor examined him there and said, 'I don't want to mislead you, Mr Perkins. You're very ill, and I believe that you are unlikely to live much longer. Would you like me to arrange for anybody to come and see you before you die?'[/font]
[font=tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Dave thought for a few seconds and then he answered, 'I'd like another doctor to come and see me.'[/font]
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[font=tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]هنگامي كه ديو پركينس جوان بود، او خيلي ورزش مي‌كرد، و لاغر و قوي بود، اما هنگامي كه چهل و پنج ساله شد، شروع به چاق شدن و تنبل شدن كرد. او قادر به نفس كشيدن مانند قبل نبود، و هنگامي كه مقداري تندتر حركت مي‌كرد، ضربان قلبش به سختي مي‌زد.[/font]
[font=tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]او براي مدت طولاني در اين باره كاري نكرد، اما در آخر نگران شد و به ديدن يك دكتر رفت، و دكتر او را به يك بيمارستان فرستاد. دكتر جوان ديگري او را در آنجا معاينه كرد و گفت: آقاي پركينس من نمي‌خواهم شما را فريب دهم. شما بسيار بيمار هستيد، و من معتقدم كه بعيد است شما مدت زمان زيادي زنده بمانيد. آيا مايل هستيد ترتيبي بدهم قبل از اينكه شما بميريد كسي به ملاقات شما بيايد؟[/font]
[font=tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]ديو براي چند ثانيه فكر كرد و سپس پاسخ داد، مايلم تا يك دكتر ديگر بيايد و مرا ببيند.[/font]