热门英语：什么是“冰桶挑战”

近期，一个名为冰桶挑战的活动盛行美国社交互联网，比尔盖茨、马克扎克伯格与贾斯汀汀布莱克等各界名人均亲身参与。目前也已蔓延到中国，雷军、姬十3、周鸿祎等已经行动起来，大家来看看这个活动到底是什么问题吧。One of the biggest stunts online and in social media right now had very low-key beginnings on the professional golf circuit.现在在互联网和社交媒体上最盛行的行为其实是在专业高尔夫球场上低调开始的。The so-called ice-bucket challengedump ice water on yourself, post and tag yourself on social media and challenge others to do the samegot its start among golfers as a way to support pet charities. In just a few weeks, it has become a major fundraising coup for patients and organizations with ALS, a neurodegenerative disorder. It is commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the baseball player who had it.这个叫做冰桶挑战的活动需要参与人将一桶冰水浇在自己身上，然后将整个过程发布在社交网站上，并提名别的人来同意挑战，这个活动刚开始是高尔夫球员为支持宠物慈善发起的。在短短几周内，冰桶挑战成为为肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症（ASL）病人和有关公益组织筹集善款的要紧活动。肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症一般被叫做葛雷克氏症，是以过去患有此症的一位棒球运动员的名字命名的。One common stipulation gives 24 hours to complete the dare from the time they are nominated; otherwise, the participant has to donate at least $100 to the ASL Association.被提名者要在被提名后的24小时内完成挑战，不然就要向ASL协会捐出至少100USD。The campaign has caught people ranging from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and performer Justin Timberlake.到现在为止，参与冰桶挑战的人包含美国新泽西州州长克里斯克里斯蒂、Facebook首席实行官马克扎克伯格与艺人贾斯汀汀布莱克。As of Thursday, the ALS Association had raised $7.6 million in donations in two weeks. That compares with $1.4 million raised during the same two-week period last year. The donations came from existing donors and 145,918 new donors, said a spokeswoman for the group.截止上周四，ALS协会已在两周内筹集到760万USD的捐款。去年同期两周内的捐款总额为140万USD。该组织发言人表示，这类捐款来自已有捐赠人和145918位新增捐款人。