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donate blood/ 献血/ (xiànxuè)

A: Have you donated blood before?

你献过血吗？

(nǐ xiànɡuò xuè ma?)

B: No, I haven't. Getting my blood drawn makes me really anxious.

我没有献过血,抽血让我感觉太紧张了。

(wǒ méiyǒu xiànɡuòxuè, chōuxuè rànɡwǒ ɡǎnjué tài jǐnzhānɡ le.)

A: Me too. I recently saw that a 24-year-old student donated blood for free for a total of 54 times. He could make a poker card pack from all his blood donation certificates.

我也是。我最近看见有一名24岁的大学生坚持无偿献血,共计献血54次,献血证可以凑足一副扑克牌。

(wǒyěshì.wǒ zuìjìn kànjiàn yǒu yīmínɡ ershisi suì de dàxuéshēnɡ jiānchí wúchánɡ xiànxuè, ɡònɡjì xiànxuè wushisi cì, xiànxuè zhènɡ kěyǐ còuzú yīfù pūkèpái.)

B: He is really amazing. This can help a lot of people in need. 

他真是太厉害了。这可以帮助很多有需要的人。

(tā zhēnshì tài lìhài le.zhè kěyǐ bānɡzhù hěnduō yǒu xūyào de rén.)

A: You're not wrong. His mother once had serious anemia and only slowly got better after getting transfusions of blood from a lot of good people. Now he is doing what he can to help even more people.

没错。他妈妈以前得过重度贫血,输了很多好心人的血才渐渐地恢复过来,现在他以自己的力量去帮助更多的人。

(méicuò.tā māmā yǐqián déɡuò zhònɡdù pínxuè, shūle hěnduō hǎoxīnrén de xuè cái jiànjiàn de huīfù ɡuòlái, xiànzài tā yǐ zìjǐde lìliànɡ qù bānɡzhù ɡènɡduō de rén.)

B: It seems that he isn't just brave, he is also a person who knows how to show gratitude.

这样看来,他不但勇敢,而且还很懂得感恩呢。

(zhèyànɡ kànlái, tā bùdàn yǒnɡɡǎn, érqiě háihěn dǒnɡdé ɡǎnēn ne.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT