When Annabel Nnochiri was told she had only two-and-a-half years to live, she did what many terminally sick people do: create a bucket list. But at the top of the North London mother's list was a goal not so common. Annabel aspired to leave her husband of 28 years.
当安娜贝尔·诺祺利被告知只能再活两年半时，她和许多绝症病人一样列下了遗愿清单。这位母亲生活在伦敦北部，在她的清单第一条上，其目标却非比寻常。安娜贝尔希望离开和她共同生活了28年的丈夫。"I had a good life but just felt completely trapped and wanted to break free," the 56-year-old, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2012, told BBC. After telling her plans to her son, 19, and daughter, 16, the mum-of-two secretly began preparing her new life; she put inheritance money left behind by her parents, who died in a car crash months prior, towards a new flat, and waited half a year to share any of this with her husband.
"原先我生活得很幸福，但我感觉自己被束缚了，我想要自由，"这位56岁的女士对BBC说道，她在2012年被确诊为癌症晚期。她将自己的计划告知了19岁的儿子和16岁的女儿后便悄悄的开始准备自己的新生活；她用从父母（几个月前出车祸死亡）那儿继承的遗产买了一套新公寓，等了半年才和丈夫分享这一切。
"Knowing I had a short time to go I knew I couldn't live the rest of my life just being a housewife," she said."I thought I've got two-and-a-half years left and I don't want to be in this house. I don't want to be cooking dinner every night… I want to be free!"
"在得知不久后我将离世的消息时，我知道我不想余生都做家庭主妇，"她说道。"我想我还有两年半的时间，我不想要住在这栋房子里。我不想要每晚都做晚饭……我想要自由！"
Five years on, and one of 12 people filmed for a British documentary focused on terminal patients called A Time to Live, the art teacher has no regrets about how she's approached death. Not only has she remained good friends with her ex-husband, she's since experienced "a very happy love life" with another man."If I hadn't had the cancer I would have been a dull person. But because of it I've become a much braver, naughty older woman," she said.
五年间，有12个人参加了英国有关绝症病人的纪录片录制，片名叫做《活着的时光》，其中一位美术教师对自己的离世过程毫无遗憾。她不仅和前任丈夫继续保持着好朋友的关系，而且还与另一个人共度了"非常幸福的恋爱生活"。"如果我没有得癌症，那我肯定是个无趣的人。但正因为癌症，我成了更勇敢的调皮老女人，"她说道。"I could live a few more years, I do still want to live - for my children, to see my grandchildren. I dislike being referred to as a cancer survivor. I'm just getting on with it. Living with it. It's a long journey."
"我还能再活几年，我仍然还想继续活下去--为了我的孩子，我还想看看自己的外孙呢。我不喜欢人们将我称为癌症幸存者。我只是同癌症抗争，与癌症并行，这是一段漫长的旅程。"