一天，卖供猫食用的肉的商贩对他说：“你为什么不停止为人类看病，转而为动物看病呢？我相信你对动物的了解比大多数兽医还要多。你写了一本关于猫的好书。我会把所有带着生病的猫狗的人都送到你这里来。”

One day, the cat's-meat-man said to him, "Why don't you stop being a doctor for people and become a doctor for animals instead? I'm sure that you know a lot about animals-more than most vets. You wrote a wonderful book about cats. I'd send all the people with sick dogs or cats to you."

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所以为了避免承担冒犯他人的危险，我列出了一些六种绝对不能对一个生病的朋友，亲戚或者同事说的话，以及四种你应该常对他们说的话。

So at the risk of offending some well-meaning people, here are Six Things You Should Never Say to a Friend (or Relative or Colleague) Who's Sick. And Four Things You Can Always Say.

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