欧美人文风情第7篇:脑瘤小女孩Chloe的婚礼那天

 When I first started working at Arnold Palmer Hospital, always the youngest on the team has to take call over Christmas. 我刚开始在 Arnold Palmer 医院工作时，总是团队里最菜的要在圣诞节值班。

So, on Christmas Eve, I got called because there was a young girl, four years old, 所以，在圣诞夜，我被叫去值班，因为有个年轻小女孩，四岁，

who came in to the emergency room the night before with vomiting¹, and headaches, and trouble walking. 她前晚进到急诊室，伴随着呕吐、头痛、和行走困难。

And when we did some MRIs of her brain, she was found to have a brain tumor². 然后当我们替她做脑部核磁共振造影时，她被发现有一颗脑瘤。

And I remember going into the family's room on the 24th of December to have to tell them that their daughter had a brain tumor, 然后我记得在12月24号这天要进到亲属休息室去告诉他们，他们的女儿有颗脑瘤，

and that it was a malignant³ cancerous brain tumor. And I'll never forget that the dad said to me, 而那是一颗恶性脑瘤。而我永远不会忘记那位爸爸对我说的话，

he said, "Will I ever get to walk my daughter in her wedding?"  他说：“我将来究竟能陪我女儿在她的婚礼上走红毯吗？”

I said to him at that point, I said, "I don't know, but we're gonna try damn hard to make that happen." 我在那时候告诉他，我说：“我不知道，但我们会死命尽全力试着让那发生。”

She had three surgeries to remove the tumor, because it kept growing back. 她动了三次手术来移除肿瘤，因为肿瘤一直重新长回来。

She underwent chemotherapy for over a year and a half. 她接受超过一年半的化疗。

She's been off her therapy now for six months. And you know, she's actually doing great. 她现在已经远离她的治疗六个月了。而你知道，她真的复原得不错。

She doesn't have any evidence of the tumor whatsoever⁴. 她没有任何肿瘤的迹象。

She's back in school, happy, playful. And I remember that I told the father, 她回到学校，快乐、活泼可爱。然后我记得我告诉那位父亲，

I said, "The only thing I've ever wanted is to be able to go to her wedding one day." 我说：“我至今想要做到的唯一一件事，就是有一天能参加她的婚礼。”

He told me a couple of weeks ago that he was planning to have me walk her. 他几周前告诉我他计划让我陪她走红毯。

When that dad gives me a call and tells me to walk Chloe down the aisle⁵ for her wedding, 当那位爸爸打给我，然后告诉我去牵着 Chloe 在她的婚礼走过红毯时，我大概在那之后就会退休了，

I'll probably retire after that, because I don't think there could be a greater high, or sense of fulfillment after that.  因为我不认为在那之后还能有更高的成就、或更大的满足感。

It's a truth... 这是真话...

 

1 vomiting   

吐

参考例句：

• Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
• Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”

2 tumor   

n.（肿）瘤，肿块(英)tumour

参考例句：

• He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
• The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。

3 malignant   

adj.恶性的，致命的；恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
• He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。

4 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

5 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。