The empty house, in a middle-class corner of southern California, is two storeys high and boasts a three-car garage. Roses bloom around a kidney-shaped swimming pool, which is green with algae.

在南加州一个中产阶级聚居区，坐落着这样一套双层空置住宅，它带有一个可以停放三辆车的巨大车库，院中有个半环形的游泳池，池边开满了玫瑰，然而池水中却长满了青苔。

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With a twinge of regret that had nothing to do with food, Harry imagined the house-elf busying himself over the steak-and-kidney pie that Harry, Ron, and Hermione would never eat.

想到那家养小精灵忙着做哈利、罗恩和赫敏再也吃不到的牛排腰子馅饼，哈利心中一阵难过，但不是为了食物。

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White House officials say more than 120,000 people in the United States are on a donor waiting list, with the vast majority of those needing a kidney.

白宫官员说，目前美国有超过12万人在等候器官捐献，其中大部分人需要肾脏。

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Brakes, which is based in Ashford, Kent, is the supplier for the House of Commons Catering Service and last month it withdrew its steak and kidney pie, beef and onion pie, steak and kidney suet pudding, and beef Italian meatballs as a precaution.

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So Geoff Koffman, Stephen Young and their team at Guy's Hospital and Guy's Nuffield House in London have been experimenting with the use of ultrasound to examine the wounds of kidney-transplant patients.

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In the village of Oknita a 20-year-old woman had bought a car and a house with the proceeds from her kidney.

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