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雙語美文:兒子去世後,母親在另一個人身上聽到了他的心跳

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The mother is Tiki Finlayson of Tennessee.

雙語美文:兒子去世後,母親在另一個人身上聽到了他的心跳

有一個來自田納西州的母親,名叫Tiki Finlayson


Her son Kevin – nicknamed "Sunshine" –died at the age of 25

她的兒子小名喚作“小太陽”,25歲的時候去世了


 when a drunk driver crashed head-on into his minivan.

死因是車禍,一個酒駕的司機迎頭撞上了他的迷你貨車


Tiki decided to honor him by donating his heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas , bones and tissue –

Tiki決定捐獻出他的心臟,肝臟,腎臟,胰臟,骨質和細胞組織,以此來紀念兒子


saving 4 lives and healing many more.

她拯救了四條人命,還讓更多的人恢復了健康


One of the people saved was Melvin Ellis

這些獲救的人之中有一個名叫Melvin Ellis


a minister in Alabama,

是阿拉巴馬州的一位牧師


who was brought back to life when he received Sunshine's heart.

他得到了“小太陽”捐獻的心臟,從死神手中撿回了一條命


She actually received the thank you letter from Melvin on her Sunshine's birthday

在小太陽的生日這一天,她收到了一張來自Melvin的感恩卡片


—and describes it as the best present she could have ever received.

她說,這是她收到過的最好的禮物


She illustrated beautifully meeting Melvin for the first time:

她描述着第一次與Melvin見面的情景,那一幕十分溫馨感人


"As I was listening to my son's heartbeat through Melvin's chest,

當我聽到從Melvin的胸腔裏傳來的,我兒子的心跳聲


I thought, Wow… Kevin really is a super hero.

我想到,哇,Kevin真是一個超級英雄


I had never been more proud of him then I was in that moment."

我從未像這一刻一樣如此爲他感到驕傲


Tiki and Melvin have joined a national campaign called #BeTheGift –

Tiki和Melvin參加了一項名爲“成爲生命的禮物”的活動


a completely fresh and fun way to encourage more organ and tissue donation.

這項活動的宗旨是,以一種新鮮有趣的方式,鼓勵更多的人捐獻器官和細胞組織


For reasons I don't have to explain,

不用我多言


organ and tissue donation is not a subject on everyone's lips.

器官和細胞組織捐獻並不是人人掛在嘴邊上的話題


People generally avoid the subject of death,

人們常常會迴避關於死亡的話題


which means they also avoid the subject of donation.

這也就意味着,他們會迴避關於器官捐獻的話題


The facts are compelling :

真相令人震驚


Today, 115,000 Americans are waiting for life-saving organs;

當下,在美國,有11萬5千人等着移植器官才能活下去


20 of them die every day, still waiting.

他們中每天都有20人死去,致死都還在等待


Meanwhile, more than 90 percent of Americans say they believe in donation

與此同時,超過90%的美國人都說自己相信器官捐獻是一件好事


 but only 54% are actually registered.

但只有54%的人註冊登記捐獻