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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight, I’m Joshua Leo. And I’m Liz Waid.
感谢你收听今天的Spotlight，我是约书亚·利奥。我是利兹·韦德。
Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
Spotlight使用了一种特殊的英语广播方法。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
对世界各地的人们来说，理解起来都更容易。
When you look for a person to marry, what qualities do you look for? Do you want that person to be good looking? Or do you want a person who is intelligent? Or funny? Would you ever ask that person about their blood?
当您寻找结婚对象时，您希望对方具备哪些品质？你希望对方长得好看吗？还是想要一个聪明的人？还是幽默风趣？你会询问对方的血统吗？
Would you ask if they know what genes their parents passed to them?
你会问他们是否知道父母遗传给他们的基因是什么吗？
Della Seneadza is from Ghana. When he thinks about beginning a relationship, these are the first things he wants to know! You see, Della has a blood disorder. It is called Sickle Cell Anemia.
德拉-塞纳扎来自加纳。当他想开始一段恋情时，他首先想知道的就是这些！你看，德拉患有血液疾病。叫做镰状细胞性贫血。
And he wants to protect his future children from the disease. Today’s Spotlight is on Sickle Cell Anemia.
他想保护他未来的孩子免受这种疾病的侵害。今天的Spotlight是关于镰状细胞贫血症。
Sickle Cell Anemia is a disease that causes great pain. It can also cause breathing problems. And it may turn a person’s skin yellow. In rare cases, it can lead to death.
镰状细胞贫血是一种会引起剧痛的疾病。它还会导致呼吸问题。并且它可能会使一个人的皮肤变黄。在极少数情况下，它可能导致死亡。
Sickle Cell Anemia affects a protein in the red blood cells. This protein is called haemoglobin.
镰状细胞性贫血影响红细胞中的一种蛋白质。这种蛋白质被称为血红蛋白。
A person with Sickle Cell Anemia has bad haemoglobin. This causes the red blood cells to change shape. They become thin and curved instead of round. They become hard instead of soft. They become firm instead of bendable.
镰状细胞性贫血患者的血红蛋白不良。这导致红细胞的形状发生变化。它们变得又细又弯，而不是圆形。红细胞变硬，而不是变软。红细胞变得坚硬而不容易弯曲。
And they become sticky. Bad haemoglobin also causes red blood cells to die more quickly than healthy red blood cells.
并且血液会变得粘稠。不良血红蛋白还会导致红细胞比健康红细胞更快死亡。
A healthy red blood cell will live about four [4] months.
一个健康的红细胞大约能存活四个月。
But a sick red blood cell will only live ten [10] to twenty [20] days!
但是一个病态的红细胞只会存活十到二十天！
