Reeve was real-life 'Superman'克里斯托弗·裏夫——永遠的“超人”導讀：據11日《娛樂在線》報道，美國著名電影《超人》的主演、好萊塢著名影星克里斯托夫-裏夫於當地時間10月10日，因心力衰竭在紐約去世，享年52歲。因爲長年癱瘓在牀，再加上患上併發症，在過去的一週裏，裏夫的病情日漸惡化，並開始昏迷不醒，在昨天晚上離世。 克里斯托弗·裏夫爲中國觀衆所熟悉的就是他主演的《超人》一片，那飛翔在藍天、懲奸除惡的形象一直是無數影迷心中英雄的不二人選。雖然裏夫在9年前的一次騎馬比賽中摔傷頸椎，導致全身癱瘓，但是受傷後的他意志依然相當堅強，不僅轉而擔任導演，而且還在1998年時重返熒屏，參加了西區柯克的名作《後窗》一片的演出。 Although he will always be remembered for portraying "Superman," the greatest role of actor Christopher Reeve's life was as a champion of sufferers of spinal cord injuries(脊椎損傷患者中的鬥士) and an advocate of stem cell research(幹細胞研究). Unlike the man of steel, he wasn't faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and he couldn't leap tall buildings in a single bound. But the courage and determination Reeve displayed in trying to overcome his paralysis from a 1995 horse-riding accident far surpassed any of the feats of the comic book hero(連環畫英雄). "He became a real-life Superman. His heroism, his courage was extraordinary," Colin Blakemore, the chief executive of Britain's Medical Research Council(英國醫學研究學會主任) said. "Like many people who suffer some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was reinvented(徹底改變) by that experience and brought the kind of energy and enthusiasm that made him successful as a film star to an entirely different issue, with huge effect." Reeve, 52, died on October 10 of heart failure(心臟功能衰竭) after having treatment for an infected pressure wound(傷口嚴重感染) without realizing his dream of walking again. But in the nine years since his accident, he made personal progress to regain some feeling(重新獲得了人們的尊敬和欣賞), established the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, a non-profit research organization, and used his fame to raise millions of dollars for research into spinal cord injuries. He also provided hope and inspiration to other patients and lobbied for scientists to be allowed to conduct stem cell research in the hopes of eventually curing paralysis and other illnesses such as diabetes and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease(糖尿病、阿茲海默症和巴金森氏症). "He has been our champion. If you think of spinal injuries you automatically conjure up(想起、回憶) a picture of Christopher Reeve," said Paul Smith, executive director of the Spinal Injuries Association in England. It is because of Reeve that spinal cord injuries and stem cell research are so widely discussed, according to Smith. The fact that it happened to Reeve showed it can affect anyone, even Superman. Reeve did not live long enough to see whether stem cell research could help restore movement to the paralyzed. The research is still in its early days and no one knows what advances it may bring.
