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【编者按】本文仅为学习英语，特别是医学有关的英语。具体相关医学方面的知识，请咨询医生为准。但我同意也建议有规律的生活比放纵的生活对身体会更好。

Do donated organs age according to the donor´s age or do they adapt to the age of the new body?【译】捐赠器官的年龄是否与捐赠者的年龄相一致，还是与新身体的年龄相适应？【短语】according to ... 根据，按照，取决于，据…所说；例句：But, these sites are not without risk, according to the report. 但是根据报告，这些网站并不是没有风险。【单词】donated 原型：donate ['doh-neyt, doh-'neyt][dəʊ'neɪt] v. 捐赠；捐献【单词】organs 原型：organ ['awr-guhn]['ɔːɡən] n. 器官【单词】adapt [uh-'dapt][ə'dæpt] vi. 适应；适合

They age according to the age of the donor.【译】它们的年龄取决于捐赠者的年龄。【单词】donor ['doh-ner]['dəʊnə] n. 捐赠人；施主；供者

There's a lot of factors in what causes aging, but the upshot is that the organ will have experienced all of those withing the donor's body first - the cell damage due to alcohol, crap food, lack of exercise, age - and the donated part will continue to age from the time of donation.【译】导致器官衰老的因素有很多，但要点是器官会先经历捐赠者身体里所经历的所有——酒精、垃圾食品、缺乏锻炼、年龄等造成的细胞损伤——捐献的部分会从捐献时起持续衰老。【短语】due to 多数表示“由于；因为”。如：This accident was due to his careless driving．同时，due 与to 单配，还可以表示“付给某人”，如：Respect is due to older people.【单词】factors 原型：factor ['fak-ter]['fæktə] n. 因素；因数；因子【单词】aging ['ey-jing]['eɪdʒɪŋ] n. 老化(时效；迟滞)【单词】upshot ['uhp-shot]['ʌpʃɒt] n. 结果；结局；要点【单词】cell [sel][sel] n. 细胞【单词】damage ['dam-ij]['dæmɪdʒ] n. 损害；损失；毁坏【单词】alcohol ['al-kuh-hawl, -hol]['ælkəhɒl] n. 酒精；酒；乙醇【单词】crap [krap][kræp] adj. 劣质的；蹩脚的【单词】exercise ['ek-ser-sahyz]['eksəsaɪz] n. 运动；练习【单词】donation [doh-'ney-shuhn][dəʊ'neɪʃn] n. 捐款；捐赠

However, other than normal cell aging caused by, well, age, the new body will determine how fast the new part ages.【译】然而，除了正常的细胞老化所造成的，嗯，年龄，新的身体将决定新部分老化得有多快。【单词】determine [dih-'tur-min][dɪ'tɜːmɪn] v. 决定；决心；确定；测定

So if well taken care of once implanted in the new host, it will basically age at the rate of the recipient.【译】因此，一旦植入新的宿主，如果处理得当，它基本上会以接受者的速度老化。【短语】take care of 照顾；注意；例句：If you take care of something, you begin to love it — which makes us very vulnerable. 如果你照顾某些事情，你已经开始爱上它了--这让我们非常的投入.【单词】implanted 原型：implant [im-'plant]['ɪmplɑːnt] v. 深植；灌输；嵌入；移植【单词】host [hohst][həʊst] n. 主人；寄主；宿主【单词】basically ['bey-sik-lee]['beɪsɪkli] adv. 基本上；主要地【单词】recipient [ri-'sip-ee-uhnt][rɪ'sɪpiənt] n. 接受者

So, for example: a thirty year-old alcoholic is killed by a freak accident.【译】举个例子：一个30岁的醉酒者死于一场意外的事故。【短语】for example 例如；例句：You can buy fruit here - oranges and bananas, for example. 你可以在这里买水果，例如买柑橘和香蕉。【单词】alcoholic [al-kuh-'haw-lik][ˌælkə'hɒlɪk] n. 酗酒者【单词】killed 原型：kill [kil][kɪl] v. 杀死；终止；消灭【单词】freak [freek][friːk] adj. 奇异的；不正常的【单词】accident ['ak-si-duhnt]['æksɪdənt] n. 事故；意外；偶然

How it happened doesn't matter, know only that it was batter up and the only salvagable part is the liver.【译】事情是怎么发生的并不重要，只知道那是个烂摊子，唯一可以挽救的部分是肝脏。【短语】do not matter 不碍事，不要紧；例句：It does not matter to me which side wins. 谁胜谁负对我来说都无关紧要。【单词】happened 原型：happen ['hap-uhn]['hæpən] vi. 发生；碰巧；出现；偶遇【单词】batter ['bat-er]['bætə] v. 猛击；打坏【单词】liver ['liv-er]['lɪvə] n. 肝脏

Now, that liver had been soaked in alcohol, dude lived on fried bread, so it was aging fast: 1 year of age per year 1/2 year of age to abuse, so from an aging standpoint, it was 30-years old 15 years of abuse and damage = functionally 45 year old liver.【译】现在，肝脏已经被酒精长期侵染，这个生活放纵的人生前每天吃炸面包，所以它的老化速度很快：每年1岁 滥用1/2岁，所以从老化的角度来看，它是30岁 滥用和损害15年=功能45岁的肝脏。【单词】soaked 原型：soak [sohk][səʊk] vt. 使浸透；吸入；浸洗【单词】dude [dood, dyood][duːd] n. 花花公子；纨绔子弟【单词】fried 原型：fry [frahy][fraɪ] v. 油煎；油炸

【单词】bread [bred][bred] n. 面包【单词】abuse [uh-'byoos][ə'bjuːs] n. 滥用；恶习【单词】standpoint ['stand-point]['stændpɔɪnt] n. 立场；观点【单词】functionally ['fuhngk-shuh-nl]['fʌŋkʃənəli] adv. 功能上；机能上

Now the new body it finds itself in is 25-years old, loves and cherishes that liver.【译】现在，它（指移植后的肝脏）发现自己的新身体才25岁，并且热爱并珍视肝脏。【单词】cherishes 原型：cherish ['cher-ish]['tʃerɪʃ] vt. 珍爱；抱有；抚育

It takes that liver and coddles it with clean water, veg, and a two kilometer walk every day with a dog that loves them and the world it lives in.【译】它对肝脏是用干净的水、蔬菜来呵护它，每天和一只爱他们和它生活的世界的狗散步两公里。【单词】coddles ['kod-l]['kɒdl] v. 娇养；溺爱【单词】veg [vej][vedʒ] n. 蔬菜(=vegetable)【单词】kilometer [ki-'lom-i-ter]['kɪləˌmiːtə] n. =kilometre 公里；千米(略作km)

Like, seriously, that dog is awesome and great for mental health.【译】说真的，那条狗很棒，对精神健康也很好。【单词】seriously ['seer-ee-uhs-lee]['sɪəriəsli] adv. 严肃地；认真地；严重地【单词】awesome ['aw-suh m]['ɔːsəm] adj. 可怕的；表示敬畏的；了不起的；精彩的，绝妙的【单词】mental ['men-tl]['mentl] adj. 思想的；心理的；精神的；脑力的

So the new liver continues to live one year of age per year, and no added stress and abuse, so it ages normally.【译】所以新的肝脏每年能正常活一岁，而且没有额外的压力和虐待，所以它能按正常速率衰老。【单词】stress [stres][stres] n. 压力【单词】normally ['nawr-muh-lee]['nɔːməli] adv. 通常；正常地

The 25-year old body has a 45-year old liver, but it will continue to age normally and now that it's being treated better, might even last a little longer than expected.【译】因此这个25岁的身体有着45岁的肝脏，但它会继续正常衰老，现在它的治疗效果更好，甚至可能比预期的时间能够使用更长一点。【语法】longer than 形容词或副词比较级 than，是“比...更...”的意思；例句：He is younger than me. 他比我（更）年轻。He runs faster than me. 他比我跑得（更）快。【单词】treated 原型：treat [treet][triːt] v. 对待；治疗；处理