As soon as A-Fu's mother heard the translation of the doctor's words, her hope-filled face fell, though her arms still hugged A-Fu tightly. The worry lines on her dark thin face seemed to have been etched there by the effort of looking after A-Fu. The blow dealt to A-Fu's mother by the news that "A-Fu is very unlikely to improve" was something those present could hardly bear to witness.
阿福的母親聽到翻譯的話後，滿懷期待的表情立刻黯然下來，但雙手仍緊緊抱著阿福，黝黑瘦削的臉龐上一條條皺紋，彷彿照顧阿福留下的辛苦痕跡，「阿福很難再進步了」，這話對阿福母親的打擊，讓旁人看了都感到不忍。