ESL Podcast 858 – Donating an Organ

 　　Christine: What is this sticker on your driver’s license¹?

 

　　Saul: This sticker? It indicates that I’ve signed up for the organ donation program. If anything bad happens to me, I want my organs to go to recipients² who need them.

 

　　Christine: You mean you want somebody else to have your heart, liver...

 

　　Saul: ...eyes, kidneys, or anything else that can be transplanted into someone else. Don’t you want to donate your organs?

 

　　Christine: Me? No way. I’ll never consent to doctors cutting up my body after I die. Those organs are a part of me.

 

　　Saul: But you won’t need them when you’re dead, and there are long waiting lists at eye banks and organ registries. Your organ donation might be the difference between life and death for somebody, you know.

 

　　Christine: That might be true, but I can’t imagine somebody else walking around with my brain.

 

　　Saul: Hmm, come to think of it, me neither.

 

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》