(课时作业)选择性必修第四册 Unit 2 Lessons in life-2023版新高考英语【红对勾】大一轮复习讲与练全新方案(外研版)

Lessons in life 答案 P606 (2022·山东泰安第一中学高考模拟) At the age of 14, James Harrison had a major chest operation and he required 13 units (3. 4 gal- lons) of blood afterwards. The blood donations saved his life, and he decided that once he turned 18, he would begin donating blood as regularly as he could. More than 60 years and almost 1,200 dona- tions later, Harrison, whose blood contains an an- tibody (抗体) that has saved the lives of 2. 4 mil- lion babies from miscarriages (流产), retired as a blood donor on May 11. Harrison􀆳s blood is valuable because he naturally produces Rh-nega- tive blood, which contains Rh-positive antibodies. His blood has been used to create anti-D in Aus- tralia since 1967. “Every bottle of Anti-D ever made in Aus- tralia has James in it,” Robyn Barlow, the Rh program director told the Sydney Morning Herald. “ It􀆳s an amazing thing. He has saved millions of babies. I cry just thinking about it. ” Since then, Harrison has donated between 500 and 800 millili- ters of blood almost every week. He􀆳s made 1,162 donations from his right arm and 10 from his left. “ I􀆳d keep going if they let me,” Harrison told the Herald. His doctors said it was time to stop the donations — and they certainly don􀆳t take them lightly. They had already extended the age limit for blood donations for him, and they􀆳re cut- ting him off now to protect his health. He made his final donation surrounded by some of the mothers and babies who his blood helped save. Harrison􀆳s retirement is a b