《姐姐的守护者》精讲 09

NGUYEN: Kate's leuhemia is back.

Kate的白血病复发了

She's no longer missing.

她撑不久的

CHANCE: We've looked at her smear¹...

我们检查了她的呕吐物

and her leukemic cells are showing at 23%.

她的白细胞含量是23％

How many is bad? - Any.

多少才不好？ - 随便多少

TOMMY: What about chemo?

化疗怎么样？

NGUYEN: It's an option. but Kate doesn't seem to take it very well.

这也是个选择，但是看起来对Kate效果并不好

And her cancer may be too far along.

而且她的癌症可能已经不能用这治疗了

So you need more bone marrow²?

所以你要更多的骨髓？

Yes. but the leukemia isn't Kate's biggest problem now.

是，但是她现在最大的问题不是白血病

She's lost the function of her kidneys.

她的肾停止工作了

They've quit.

它们放弃了

They're gone.

它们死了

SARA: Not a match? CHANCE: No.

不匹配？ - 是的

We're her parents. don't we have to be?

我们是她的父母，我们不是应该配得上吗？

Everyone inherits two sets of chromosomes³ containing HLA genes⁴.

每个人会继承含有两套白细胞抗原基因的同源染色体

Unfortunately. there's only a 1 in 200 chance...

不幸的是，仅仅有200分之一的几率

that parents and their children will be perfect histocompatible HLA matches.

父母与孩子的组织相容白细胞抗原会完美匹配

What about Jesse?

Jesse呢？

l'm afraid not.

恐怕也不会

lt's possible that a donor⁵ will crop up on the national bone-marrow registry.

国家骨髓登记处可能会有合适的捐赠者

l thought you said getting a transplant from an unrelated donor was dangerous.

我记得你说过从无关的捐赠者那儿移植很危险

l did.

我是说过

But Kate's situation is time-sensitive. and sometimes that's all we've got.

但是Kate的事容不得拖延，这是我们所能做的一切

1 smear   

v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
• There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。

2 marrow   

n.骨髓；精华；活力

参考例句：

• It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了，他感到寒冷刺骨。
• He was tired to the marrow of his bones.他真是累得筋疲力尽了。

3 chromosomes   

n.染色体( chromosome的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Chromosomes also determine the sex of animals. 染色体也决定动物的性别。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Each of four chromosomes divide longitudinally. 四种染色体的每一种都沿着纵向分裂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

5 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。