Three ordinary people in Fujian have done something extraordinary in the same week. Within two days, three batches of stem cells left Fuzhou, heading for three patients they will never meet.
The donors have little in common. Ni Yuanheng, born in the 1990s, works as a purchasing officer at a materials company in Quanzhou. Dai Wenbin, born in the 2000s, teaches physics at a high school. Chen Huiqun works in online sales in Fuzhou. Their donations were recorded as cases 23870, 23871 and 23872 in China marrow donor programme, and 630, 631 and 632 in Fujian Province.
Ni has given blood for ten years, thirteen times, about 4,900 millilitres in all. He joined the donor database in 2019 when he walked past a blood centre. His grandfather fought in the Korean War, and his father also served in the army. I was taught to help others. If you can do something good, you should do it, he said.
He had been matched twice before but never reached the final step. When the third call came in July, he was delighted. After four days of injections, his stem cells were collected on September 7 to help a young patient.
One reason he agreed to speak publicly was to correct a common misunderstanding. Many people think donation means taking out bone marrow, which sounds frightening and harmful, he said. In fact, it is now collected from the blood, much like giving blood.
Dai, the young teacher, had watched fundraising drives for children with leukaemia when he was still at school. He joined the database in 2021. When the call came, he began to sleep and eat more carefully to make sure his body was ready.
Their cases came one after another, almost like a relay. If my stem cells can save a life, what a wonderful thing that is, Dai said.
Words to know:
- stem cell (n.) 干细胞
- donor (n.) 捐献者
- bone marrow (n.) 骨髓
- leukaemia (n.) 白血病
- injection (n.) 注射
- misunderstanding (n.) 误解
- collect (v.) 采集
- relay (n.) 接力
长难句拆解 · 分词状语与 which 非限从句
① Within two days, three batches of stem cells left Fuzhou, heading for three patients they will never meet. 主干是 three batches of stem cells left Fuzhou。句末 heading for… 是现在分词短语作伴随状语，补充说明去向；they will never meet 前省略了 whom/that，是修饰 patients 的定语从句。「捐给素未谋面的病人」这层意思全靠分词和从句两层结构叠加，主干本身并不难。
② Many people think donation means taking out bone marrow, which sounds frightening and harmful, he said. 主干是 Many people think (that) donation means taking out bone marrow。mean 后接动名词 taking out 作宾语；which sounds frightening and harmful 是非限制性定语从句，which 指代前面整个「抽骨髓」的说法而非某个单词，因此从句谓语用单数。指代整句的 which 是雅思阅读最常见的考点之一。
同义替换 · 雅思阅读利器
题目从不照抄原文，全靠同义替换改写。做题时先在题干里圈出「信号词」，再回原文找它们的同义变体，定位速度会明显变快。本文可迁移的替换组：
- ordinary people → average citizens
- done something extraordinary → achieved something remarkable（凡人善举类通用）
- have little in common → share few similarities
- a common misunderstanding → a widespread misconception
- frightening and harmful → scary and damaging
- came one after another → followed in quick succession
- speak publicly → talk openly
阅读自测 · 3 题
- 判断（T / F / NG） — Stem cell donation today means taking out bone marrow, which is harmful.
- 简答（不超过 6 个词） — What does Dai Wenbin teach at a high school?
- 判断（T / F / NG） — Chen Huiqun was born in the 2000s, like Dai.
参考答案与解析
- F — 文中倪元亨特意澄清这个「common misunderstanding」：「In fact, it is now collected from the blood, much like giving blood」，题目把被否定的旧误解当事实陈述，属「与原文观点相反」。
- Physics. — 用 Dai Wenbin 定位第二段「teaches physics at a high school」，学科名词直接摘出。
- NG — 原文只交代戴文宾生于 2000s、倪元亨生于 1990s，Chen Huiqun 的出生年代只字未提，无从比较，属「无中生有」。
中文译文
福建三名普通人同一周里做了一件不寻常的事。两天之内，三批干细胞从福州出发，前往三位素未谋面的患者身边。
三位捐献者几乎没有共同点。90后倪元恒是泉州一家材料公司的采购员。00后戴文斌在一所高中教物理。陈慧群在福州做网络销售。他们的捐献在中国造血干细胞捐献者资料库中被登记为第23870、23871和23872例，在福建省则为第630、631和632例。
倪元恒献血已有十年，共十三次，总计约4900毫升。2019年他路过一家血液中心时加入了捐献者资料库。他的祖父参加过抗美援朝，父亲也曾参军。「家里教导我要帮助别人。能做好事就该去做。」他说。
此前他配型成功过两次，却都没走到最后一步。7月第三次接到电话时，他喜出望外。经过连续四天注射动员剂，他的干细胞于9月7日采集，用来救助一名年轻患者。
他同意公开讲述自己的经历，原因之一是为了纠正一个常见误解。「很多人以为捐献就是要抽骨髓，听起来又吓人又伤身。」他说。其实如今是从血液中采集，和献血差不多。
年轻教师戴文斌还在上学时，就看过为白血病儿童募捐的活动。他2021年加入资料库。接到电话后，他开始更注意作息饮食，确保身体状态良好。
他们的案例接连出现，简直像一场接力。戴文斌说：「如果我的干细胞能救活一条命，那该多好啊。」