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Australia’s “free hugs guy” to donate kidney to stranger 澳洲「免費抱抱男」計畫捐腎給陌生人

An Australian man known as Juan Mann, reads a letter from an admirer during a free hug session in Pitt Street mall in Sydney on April 5, 2007.  去年四月五日，澳洲男子胡安．曼恩在雪梨彼得街購物商場進行免費抱抱活動時，閱讀一位仰慕者的信件。 照片：法新社 PHOTO: AFP

An Australian man known around the world for giving free hugs to anyone who asks has said he plans to go one step further by donating one of his kidneys to a stranger, a report said.

Juan Mann, who came to worldwide attention in 2004 after a video of him dispensing free hugs in Sydney’s central business district appeared on YouTube, expects to undergo surgery next year.

“I am young, I am fit, I am healthy, I have two kidneys,” the 26-year-old, who does not use his real name, told the Sun-Herald.

“I don’t really drink. I don’t need that second one and someone will be able to get out of hospital.”

Mann will face psychiatric and physical tests in hospital before he can make the donation, the process of which will be filmed and later broadcast online, the paper said.

“I will never meet the recipient; I will never know if the transplant is a success or a failure; I will never know if my kidney kills the person,” Mann said.

“Apparently once you give your kidney you will never feel whole.

“But I’ll get a cool scar and apparently chicks dig scars.”

Mann, who spends about one day a week holding a ‘FREE HUGS’ sign above his head in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall, has inspired free hugs movements around the world.

(AFP)

有報導指出，因免費擁抱陌生人而名聞全球的澳洲男子表示，他打算進一步捐出自己的一顆腎臟給陌生人。

二ＯＯ四年，YouTube上一段胡安．曼恩在雪梨中心商業區免費擁抱路人的影片讓他吸引全球矚目；他預計明年進行捐腎手術。

這位不願意透露真實姓名的二十六歲年輕人向《太陽前鋒報》表示：「我年輕、身強體壯又健康，還有兩顆腎臟。」

「我不太喝酒，所以我不需要第二顆腎，但有人卻可以因此出院。」

該報指出，在捐腎前，曼恩將到醫院接受心理和生理檢測；整個過程都將被拍攝下來，然後放上網路分享。

曼恩說：「我永遠不會和這名接受移植者見面；我永遠不會知道移植是成功或失敗; 我也永遠不會知道我的腎臟會不會害死那個人。」

「很顯然地，一旦捐出腎臟，就會感覺不再完整。」

「但我會得到一個很酷的傷疤，而且女人似乎很喜歡傷疤。」

每週約有一天會在雪梨彼特街購物商場高舉「免費抱抱」牌子的曼恩，已在全球掀起一股免費抱抱的風潮。



（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）

TODAY’S WORDS 今日單字 1. kidney n. 腎臟 (shen4 zang4) 例: Most people can survive with only one kidney. (大多數人只靠一顆腎臟就能存活。) 2. undergo v.t. 進行 (jin4 xing2) 例: Max will undergo an operation on his toe. (麥克斯的腳趾將要動手術。) 3. donation n. 捐贈 (juan1 zeng4) 例: The hospital was seeking donations to help build a new wing. (那間醫院募款興建新大樓。) 4. inspire v.i./v.t. 激勵 (ji1 li4) 例: The movie inspired us to take a long vacation. (那部電影促使我們放長假。)

OUT LOUD 對話練習 Bethany: How have you been feeling since your operation? Zack: I feel like death warmed over, and the doctor says I won’t be able to do any sports for at least another three months. Bethany: That’s too bad. I know how much you love to do sport. Zack: Yeah, but I’m hoping that if I train hard I can be fit in time for the national championships in the summer. Bethany: Sounds like a good plan. Good luck! 貝瑟妮：開刀之後感覺如何？ 柴克：我覺得非常疲累，而且醫生說我至少還有三個月不能做任何運動。 貝瑟妮：真糟糕，我知道你很熱愛運動。 柴克：對啊，但我希望如果我努力復健，可以趕在夏天的全國冠軍賽前復原。 貝瑟妮：這個計畫聽起來不錯，祝你好運囉！   death warmed over　病重／極度疲勞 If somebody looks or feels like death warmed over, they are very sick. For example: “Joseph has caught a cold and looks like death warmed over. I hope he gets better soon.” 假使某人看起來或感覺起來「death warmed over」，就表示他們病得很重。例如：「約瑟夫感冒了，而且看起來病得不輕。希望他可以趕快好起來」。

SAY WHAT? 說說看 feel whole 完整無缺 The expression feel whole means to feel emotionally complete, and not lacking anything. In the article, when Juan Mann says he won’t be able to feel whole, he is speaking in terms of emotions. For example: “Julia used to enjoy life, but ever since her husband has passed away, she has been unable to feel whole,” or “Daniel spent many years looking for the woman who could make him feel whole.” 「feel whole」這個片語的意思就是在情感上感覺完整，沒有任何缺憾。文章中胡安．曼恩說他會感覺不完整，指的是情感面。 例如：「茱莉亞從前過得很開心，但自從她先生過世後，她一直覺得有所缺憾」，或「丹尼爾花了好多年尋找能讓他人生圓滿的伴侶」。

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