导读

42岁的好莱坞演员杰西·艾森伯格近日因为一个特殊举动引起热议——他公开表示，自己将在6周内把一颗健康的肾脏捐给一位素未谋面的肾病患者。以下是外媒报道。

双语文本

Jesse Eisenberg has revealed that he is donating a kidney to a stranger next month. The actor and director said that he was "donating my kidney in six weeks" but wasn't entirely sure of his motivation.

杰西·艾森伯格透露，他将于下个月捐献一个肾脏给一位陌生人。这位演员兼导演表示，他将在“六周后捐肾”，但并不完全确定自己的动机。

Eisenberg, 42, added that he had first had the idea of organ donation while still alive around a decade ago but only recently set the process in motion.

42岁的艾森伯格补充说，大约十年前，他就萌生了器官捐献的想法，但直到最近才开始着手办理相关手续。

Celebrities who are known to have donated organs while still living are thin on the ground. More than 100,000 people are currently on the transplant list in the US, with around 12 people dying each day because of organ shortage.

生前捐献器官的名人寥寥无几。目前，美国有超过10万人正在等待器官移植，每天约有12人因器官短缺而去世。

Eisenberg has credited his wife, the teacher and charity worker Anna Strout, for much of his own idealism and activism. Her late mother ran a domestic violence shelter, of which Eisenberg and Strout have been energetic supporters.

艾森伯格将自己的理想主义和积极行动很大程度上归功于他的妻子——教师兼慈善工作者安娜·斯特劳特。斯特劳特已故的母亲曾经营一家家庭暴力庇护所，艾森伯格和斯特劳特一直积极支持该庇护所。



相关表达

1 .donate...to...捐赠

释义：If you donate something to a charity or other organization, you give it to them.

例：He frequently donates large sums to charity.

他经常向慈善机构大笔捐款。

2 .set in motion在进行中

释义：If it is set in motion, it is happening or beginning to happen.

例：The current chain of events was set in motion by that kidnapping.

目前的一系列事件都是由那次绑架引发的。

常见搭配：

set the wheels in motion开动

释义：If someone sets the wheels in motion, they take the necessary action to make something start happening.

例：I have set the wheels in motion to sell their Arizona ranch.

我已着手出售他们在亚利桑那州的大农场。

3 .thin on the ground凤毛麟角

例：Good new plays are still rather thin on the ground.

新的优秀剧本还是为数不多。

4 .domestic violence家庭暴力

释义：Domestic violence is violence that takes place in the home, especially between a husband and wife.

例：Women are still the main victims of domestic violence.

妇女仍然是家庭暴力的主要受害者。

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