老张是一位出租车司机，今年五十八岁，已经无偿献血二十多年了。
Old Zhang is a taxi driver; he is fifty-eight this year and has already been donating blood for free for more than twenty years.
他第一次献血，是二十六岁那年，在街上看到献血车，好奇地走了进去。
The first time he donated blood was the year he was twenty-six — he saw a blood donation van on the street and curiously walked in.
护士说，他的血型是O型，可以输给几乎所有病人，这让他觉得特别有意义。
The nurse said his blood type is O, which can be given to almost any patient — this made him feel it was especially meaningful.
从那以后，老张每隔几个月就去献一次血，二十多年下来，一共献了将近八十次。
From then on, Old Zhang went to donate blood every few months; over more than twenty years, he has donated close to eighty times in total.
有人问他：“献血对身体不是有影响吗？”老张说，只要按规定的时间和数量献血，对健康就没有坏处。
Someone asked him: "Doesn't donating blood affect your health?" Old Zhang said as long as you donate according to the regulated time and amount, there's no harm to your health.
他还说，每次抽血前，护士都会检查身体，不合格是不会让你献的。
He also said that before every blood draw, the nurse checks your body — if you don't meet the standard, they simply won't let you donate.
老张的血，已经帮助了很多素不相识的病人和产妇，他自己却从来没有见过他们。
Old Zhang's blood has already helped many complete strangers — patients and new mothers — yet he himself has never once met them.
他说：“我不知道我的血救了谁，但是想到有人因为这袋血活下来，就觉得值得。”
He said: "I don't know whose life my blood saved, but when I think that someone survived because of that bag of blood, I feel it's worth it."
现在，他的儿子也跟着他一起，每年去献血车献血。
Now his son also goes together with him, donating blood at the blood donation van every year.
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Key words 生词
无偿献血wúcháng xiànxuèunpaid blood donation
血型xuèxíngblood type
抽血chōuxiěto draw blood
产妇chǎnfùwoman who has just given birth
素不相识sù bù xiāngshícomplete strangers
值得zhídeworthwhile
Grammar note 语法点
从那以后
'From then on' — marks the starting point of a continuing habit or change.
从那以后，老张每隔几个月就去献一次血。
只要……就……
'As long as..., then...' — states a sufficient condition.
只要按规定的时间和数量献血，对健康就没有坏处。
让
'To make/let someone (feel/do something)' — introduces a causative result.
这让他觉得特别有意义。
Check yourself 小测验
1. 老张第一次献血是多少岁？
2. 老张的血型是什么？
3. 二十多年来，老张一共献了大约多少次血？
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