歌手赛琳娜·戈麦斯接受肾脏移植手术

Singer Selena Gomez Reveals Kidney Transplant

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Singer Selena Gomez made her name acting¹ in children’s television shows. She was also singer Justin Bieber’s girlfriend for a while.

But recently she is better known for her music.

In fact, she has one of the top songs of the summer.

Songwriter and DJ Kygo’s song “It Ain’t Me” features Gomez. It is ranked 20th on Billboard².com’s current summer music chart.

You might think Gomez would have been singing at concerts around the world or appearing on television shows to talk about her music.

But instead, she was preparing for a serious medical procedure.

Gomez is the world’s most popular person on Instagram. She has over 125 million followers³.

On Thursday, she used Instagram to explain why she was “laying low” this summer.

She posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed with her friend Francia Raisa. She said she needed a kidney transplant because of the disease lupus.

Gomez received a kidney from her friend. Humans are able to live without one of their two kidneys.

Lupus is a condition that affects a person’s immune system. An immune system that works well fights diseases and viruses.

According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, lupus causes the body’s immune system to attack its own organs and tissue. Organs affected⁴ by lupus include the kidneys, brain, heart and lungs.

Gomez thanked her doctors and her friend. She wrote that she “looks forward” to being able to tell the story about her experience sometime soon.

She called Raisa her sister and said donating a kidney was the “ultimate gift and sacrifice.”

Raisa is an actress and model. She appeared in a well-known television show called “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.”

Many people reacted to Gomez’s Instagram post. They offered support for Gomez and they told Raisa what a great thing she did by donating her kidney.

One user, Ingrid Talledo, wrote: “@franciaraisa, you deserve the sky. Thank you so much for everything that you did. You deserve all the love of the world.”

Gomez has been dealing⁵ with lupus for several years. In 2014, she had chemotherapy to treat the disease.

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Words in This Story

chart – n. a list that shows which music recordings⁶ have sold the most during a recent period of time

lay low – v. to not go out in public very often, stay out of the spotlight⁷

transplant – n. a medical operation in which an organ or other part is removed from the body of one person and put into the body of another person

immune system– n. the system that protects your body from diseases and infections

chemotherapy– n. the use of chemicals to treat a disease, like cancer

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

3 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

6 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

7 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。