The App That Predicted Death
我手机上有一个新应用，叫“健康日”。
My phone top have one (M) new app, called "Health Day".
There was a new app on my phone called “Health Day.”
这个应用很多人在用。
This (M) app very many people (PROG) use.
A lot of people were using it.
你用它，它就给你一个日期。
You use it, it then give you one (M) date.
You opened it, and it gave you a date.
日期下面写着：你的健康会到这一天。
Date below write (CONT): your (POSS) health will reach this one (M) day.
Below the date it said: your health will last until this day.
开始大家觉得很有意思。
Start everyone feel very have-meaning.
At first everyone thought it was funny.
后来，大家害怕了。
Later, everyone afraid (PERF).
Later, everyone was scared.
我看自己的日期：还有十四天。
I look self (POSS) date: still have fourteen days.
I checked my own date: fourteen days left.
我坐在床上，不知道说什么好。
I sit at bed top, not know say what good.
I sat on my bed, not knowing what to say.
我打电话给好朋友小明。
I hit-phone to good friend Xiaoming.
I called my friend Xiaoming.
小明说他的日期是明年。
Xiaoming says his (POSS) date is next-year.
Xiaoming said his date was next year.
我心里更难过了。
My heart inside more sad (PERF).
I felt even worse.
晚上我没睡着，一直想：谁做了这个应用？
Evening I not sleep (RES), straight think: who make (PERF) this (M) app?
That night I couldn't sleep. I kept asking: who made this app?
第二天，我开始在网上找。
Second day, I begin at net top search.
The next day I started searching online.
我发现做这个应用的是一家小公司。
I discover make this (M) app (POSS) is one (M) small company.
I found that a tiny startup had built it.
公司里只有几个人。
Company inside only have several people.
There were only a few people at the company.
他们用很多医院的旧信息，让机子自己学。
They use very many hospital (POSS) old information, let machine self learn.
They had used old hospital data and let a machine learn from it.
机子看了几百万人的健康信息。
Machine look (PERF) several hundred-ten-thousand people (POSS) health information.
The machine had read the health records of millions of people.
然后它给每个用户一个日期。
Then it give every (M) user one (M) date.
Then it gave each user a date.
公司的人说：“这只是猜的。”
Company (POSS) people say: "This only is guess (POSS)."
The company said, “It's only a guess.”
他们说：“日期不一定真的发生。”
They say: "Date not certainly really happen."
They said, “The date doesn't have to come true.”
但日期常常很准。
But date often very accurate.
But the dates were often very accurate.
我决定不再害怕。
I decide not again afraid.
I decided to stop being afraid.
那天早上，我去了医院。
That day morning, I go (PERF) hospital.
That morning I went to the hospital.
医生检查了我的身体。
Doctor examine (PERF) my (POSS) body.
The doctor examined me.
他说：“你心不太好，要早一点儿吃药。”
He says: "Your heart not too good, must early a-bit eat-medicine."
He said, “Your heart isn't great. Start medicine soon.”
我吃了药，每天走路，多睡觉。
I eat (PERF) medicine, every day walk-road, more sleep.
I took the medicine, walked every day, and slept more.
两个星期后，那一天到了。
Two (M) week after, that one (M) day arrive (PERF).
Two weeks later, the day arrived.
我还好好地活着。
I still good-good (ADV) live (CONT).
I was still alive and well.
我把那个应用关掉了。
I (BA) that (M) app close-off (PERF).
I closed the app.
我明白了：日期是一个警告，不是结束。
I understand (PERF): date is one (M) warning, not is ending.
I understood: the date was a warning, not an ending.