Two days before she died, Matilda Davis issued a plea(恳求，呼吁) on Facebook. Sharing a study that found more than 40% of parent-carers had considered suicide, she called for “greater awareness, action and change” in Britain’s broken social care system.(她分享了一项研究发现（超过40%的家长照护者曾考虑自杀），并呼吁英国破碎的社会照护体系“提高认识、采取行动、推动变革”。) “This speaks the words I can’t,” she wrote.
去世前两天，玛蒂尔达·戴维斯在脸书上发出呼吁。她分享了一项研究发现——超过40%的家长照护者曾考虑过自杀，并呼吁英国支离破碎的社会照护体系“提高认识、采取行动、推动变革”。“这说出了我说不出口的话，”她写道。
Matilda, known as Tilly to her family and friends, had spent years battling for support in a regime that close observers and those who rely on it often say is increasingly confusing, fragmented and difficult to navigate.(玛蒂尔达（亲友称她蒂莉）多年来一直在为一个体系争取支持，而据密切观察者和依赖该体系的人常说，这个体系正变得越来越混乱、支离破碎、难以应对。)
玛蒂尔达，家人和朋友都叫她蒂莉，多年来一直在为一个体系而苦苦争取支持——这个体系，据密切关注它的人和依赖它的人常说，正变得越来越混乱、支离破碎、难以应对。
Her seven-year-old son, Jude – not his real name – has significant(重大的，严重的) disabilities. She was, her friends said, an “absolutely inspirational(鼓舞人心的)” mother, juggling(同时应付，兼顾) care for Jude’s five-year-old sister Lilly – also a pseudonym(化名，笔名) – alongside his appointments at therapy, physio, hospital and two schools, as well as(以及，也) the significant financial and administrative burden(经济和行政负担).
她七岁的儿子裘德（化名）患有严重残障。朋友们说，她是一位“极其鼓舞人心”的母亲，一边照顾裘德五岁的妹妹莉莉（也是化名），一边还要应付裘德在治疗、理疗、医院和两所学校的预约，同时承担着沉重的经济和行政负担。
‘I won’t be here much longer’
“我在这里待不了多久了”
‘Love does not mitigate the overwhelming pressure’
“爱无法缓解压倒性的压力”