访谈录[Interview]2007-10-25:特别的结婚礼物

Sacrifice and selflessness, our next (girls) guests certainly know about that. Jarena Betes and her fiancée Tyehsian Johnson are perfect matching in more ways than one. They got engaged last January. But a week ago today, Tye gave Jarena something more valuable than a ring. He donated one of his kidneys². Jarena Bates and Tyehsian Johnson are here with Dr. Honesto Momenti, who is the man who performed the surgery. He is with the North Shore University Hospital on New York's Long island.
Good morning to all of you.
Morning.
A week ago you had this done, and you are here in our studio. how you are feeling?
I am feeling good.
No soreness or anything like that?
No.
Have her cured entire, any complication³?
No complications⁴ at all.
Let’s give people a little background here. You have been given medications for kidney¹ disorders⁵ for about 10 years now. But back in May, things got much much worse. You started to have kidney failure. And it was made pretty clear that you need a new kidney right?
Yeah.
How sick were you?
I was in the final stage in the kidney failure, where they want to kerples me on dialysis or I need a transplant⁶.
And the list for transplant in this area is very long, the average wait is 7 years. For people of colour, the average wait is 9 years, because a 70% of people on the list are people of colour. So you need a miracle.
Yes, I did.
And you went through all the trial of matches with other people?
No, he was my first match.
He was the first person?
Yes.
So Tye, what made you decide to get tested to see if you will be a match?
Ah. Actually the day she went to get tested, to have people tested, uhm, I didn’t go, I just with the driver to just, drive her to the hospital, so her mother and sisters can get tested. And I was willing to get tested because complications were her mum, she couldn’t get tested so I was the second person to get tested, like then and there, I was the match.
You were suitable match, when you heard that, there is no turn to back now you are to said "ok, I will give you a kidney" and also they go "yes you can". Did you have any second thought at all?
None, not so at all.
What about you, did you think it was a good idea from the beginning that to get a kidney from your fiancée?
No, I had my doubts.
Why?
Because I don’t want him to go through the pain that he would have to go through, and, you know, anything happen to him later on. You know, I don’t want him to have to go through that.
We should mention that the type of surgery performed here to you, doctor, was the most non-invasive possible, correct?
Absolutely Matt, it was called Laporlus copy. We moved of the kidney in Tye performed by the few couple C . And in Jarena, we implanted the kidney.
And from you perspective, everything went great?
Oh, everything went absolutely great.
So the prognosis now then, let’s for start with Tye. Normalized, he has one kidney left, fully⁷ functioning. He'll have no side effects from this. Correct?
Right.
What about Jarena？
Her prognosis is excellent. We have kept a close eye on here like the most transplant patients. But she can have a normal life. Indeed I always tell them, go and enjoy your life. She can have children in the future, she can continue with her normal activities.
So, Jarena, you are gonna get married next year some time. Right?
Yeah.
But here you fiancée have already given you something. That is a pretty strong indication of how he feels about you.
Yeah.
(Has this) Does this change your relationship at all?
No, I think this brings us a little more closer together than, before. Ha-ha.
And Tye, from your point of view, I mean?
Well, from my point of view, I like a, I’ve already taken our vows⁸, through sickness and health. And also, that's what I am here for.
And you certainly held up of the bargain. And, you know, this is really an indication of how your relationship is gonna go from here. You guys are in great shape, and physically⁹ and emotionally.
Good luck to you, alright?
Thank you.
Thanks very much. Tye, good luck to you.
Doctor, thanks for coming here.
Thank you very much.I appreciat it.

1 kidney   

n.肾，腰子，类型

参考例句：

• Several of the patients had received kidney transplant.病人中有几位已接受了肾移植手术。
• The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.肾脏移植手术如今已相当常见。

2 kidneys   

肾形矿脉； 肾，肾脏( kidney的名词复数 )； （可食用的动物的）腰子

参考例句：

• The function of the kidneys is to excrete wastes from the body. 肾的功能是排泄人体里的废物。
• She got a very dangerous disease of kidneys. 她得了一种很危险的肾病。

3 complication   

n.（新出现的）困难，难题，并发症

参考例句：

• This was an unforeseen complication.这是未预见到的复杂情况。
• The car ran out of petrol,and as a further complication I had no money!汽车没油了，更麻烦的是我身上没有钱！

4 complications   

（新出现的）困难，难题( complication的名词复数 )； 并发症； 曲折

参考例句：

• Complications set in, and the patient died. 病人因出现并发症而死亡。
• Normally there are no complications with the medicine. 服用这种药按理不会产生并发症。

5 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 transplant   

n.移植的器官或植物；v.使迁移，使移居

参考例句：

• Some plants do not transplant well.有些植物不宜移植。
• Several of the patients had received kidney transplant.病人中有几位已接受了肾移植手术。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

9 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。