双语 | “握拳宝宝”18岁了，现在他长这样！而那张表情包也拯救了他的家庭

只要你网上冲浪，就不可能没看到过这张表情包。

一个小宝宝握紧拳头，表情坚定，仿佛刚刚取得了某种胜利。这张照片被广泛传播，成为了经典的表情包。表情包的主角萨米·格里纳（Sammy Griner）被称为“成功宝宝”，还被外媒评价“可能是互联网上最著名的婴儿”。

No doubt in your Internet travels you've come across the "Success Kid" meme, featuring a baby making a fist with a scrunched-up expression of determination. It began in 2007 and eventually became known as "Success Kid". The popularity of the image led CNN to describe Sammy Griner, the boy depicted in the photo, as "likely the Internet's most famous baby".

时光飞逝，如今他已经成长为18岁的少年，模样也和小时候大相径庭！

现在的萨米留着一头棕色长发，下巴上还留了些许胡须，虽然还是一张娃娃脸，但整个人看上去“老成”了许多。但和小时候一样的是，萨米依然笑不露齿，眉眼中也还能看出幼时的影子。

A recent image of the teen, now 18, has emerged and he is a far cry from his younger self. Sammy now has long, wavy brown hair — drastically different to the light brown locks he debuted 17 years ago. He is also seen with a bit of facial hair forming on his chin and puts on a weak smile in a similarly toothless display.

2007年，当他还是一个11个月大的宝宝时，他的妈妈兰妮·格里纳（Laney Griner）在海滩上随手拍下了那张经典照片。

尽管萨米看起来像是因某种胜利而洋洋得意，但实际上，他当时正准备把一大把沙子塞进嘴里。

Griner's mom Laney said that she snapped the original photo of Sammy when he was just 11 months old during a day at the beach. Although he looked contented with a victory, Sammy was actually about to shove a fistful of sand into his mouth, she said.

当时谁也没想到，这张普通的照片会迅速走红，火遍全球，甚至挽救他们的家庭。

母亲兰妮在接受采访时称，在萨米出生之前，他的父亲贾斯汀·格里纳（Justin Griner）被诊断出肾脏衰竭。这意味着他需要长期透析才能维持生命。

随着萨米一天天长大，贾斯汀的病情愈加严重，每周三次、每次四小时、长达六年的透析让他的身心俱疲。兰妮表示，我只是想让他恢复健康。

Justin discovered his kidneys were failing before the birth of their son and he spent about four hours a day, three days a week undergoing dialysis. He was unable to work and never has energy. The longer he was on the dialysis, the higher the chance that he could develop complications. 'Six years on dialysis is getting to be a long time,' Laney Griner said. 'It's wearing on him. I just wanted to get him healthy.' wearing adj.令人筋疲力竭的

兰妮发起了一项GoFundMe众筹活动，为贾斯汀的肾脏移植手术寻找活体捐赠者并筹集资金。因为移植手术的费用高昂，仅第一年的处方药费用就需要1.2万美元，并且贾斯汀需要终生服用这些药物。尽管医疗保险能支付80%的手术费用，但对这个家庭而言，剩下的部分仍然是沉重的负担。

Laney decided to launch a GoFundMe site to help find a living donor and raise funds toward the costs of Justin's transplant surgery. Medicare would cover 80 percent of Justin's post-surgery costs, but the Griner's still needed $12,000 to cover prescription drugs for the first year alone, noting that Justin would need to be on a variety of prescription drugs for the rest of his life.

众筹初期，兰妮并不打算使用“成功宝宝”表情包为活动吸引关注，她希望这次筹款专注于贾斯汀的病情。然而，几天后她意识到，如果没有“成功宝宝”的知名度，筹款活动难以获得足够的曝光。于是，兰妮最终决定借助表情包的影响力，呼吁网友们的支持。

Although Laney considered using the Success Kid meme to help with exposure for Justin's GoFundMe, she decided against it to make the fundraiser solely about her husband. She later changed her mind and said that without the Success Kid Meme, the fundraiser would not have been able to attract 300 donors in its first five days.

这个决定迅速见效：众筹活动在头五天内就吸引了300位捐赠者，筹集了9000美元。随后，这个故事被CNN、BuzzFeed、《时代》杂志等多家媒体报道，并在Reddit上广泛分享。

Thanks to Success Kid's popularity, the GoFundMe site reached $9,000 in five days. The story was then picked up by several media outlets, including CNN, BuzzFeed, and Time and the campaign was shared on the Reddit website, which brought the total donations to an incredible $83,000 only a few days later.

几天后，捐款总额迅速突破了8.3万美元。

最终，这场由表情包引发的救援行动共为萨米一家筹集了超过10万美元的善款，这个数字远远超过了最初的目标。

The GoFundMe resulted in a whopping $101,125 being raised for Justin Griner and his family.

2015年8月，贾斯汀成功接受了肾脏移植手术，手术非常顺利。

在社交媒体上，兰妮对所有帮助过他们的人表达了深深的感激之情。

Laney's follow-up messages to Justin's supporters expressed the family's deep appreciation for the acts of kindness from so many strangers.

"Justin is on his way to pick up his wife and go get a transplant. It's really happening, right now. This is absolutely the best news we could receive and it's totally thanks to you… I can't thank you all enough for getting us to our goal and way beyond. We're so thankful and humbled by the outpouring of support and kindness. This has all been far beyond our wildest hopes for fundraising. We never could've dreamed of this. I'll be eternally grateful for the support and hope you all gave to us. I love the internet so much." “贾斯汀正在去接受移植手术的路上。这真的实现了，就在此刻。这绝对是我们能收到的最好的消息。这完全要感谢大家…… 我不知道怎么感谢你们所有人，是你们让我们完成了筹集目标，并且远超预期。对于大家源源不断的支持和善意，我们致以最真诚谦卑的感谢。我们做梦都想不到能筹到远远超出预想的资金。我将永远感激你们给予的支持和希望。我太爱互联网了。”

贾斯汀表示，他被手术后收到的支持信息震惊到了。“尽管每天有很多令人不愉快的新闻，但你会发现其实大多数时候人们都是善良的，愿意互相帮助。这是很令人振奋的。”

Justin said he's been blown away by the messages of support he received after the operation and said that the meme has only been positive for the family. "As much bad stuff you might see in the news every day, it's refreshing to see for the most part that people are good and want to take care of each other," he said.

来源：中国日报双语新闻

编辑：鲁蒙海

审核：海 新

终审：张 扬