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President Obama is willing to go pretty far to raise awareness for ALS. But he draws the line at dumping a bucket of ice over his head. 美国总统奥巴马愿意为唤起民众对肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症（ALS）的关注做许多事，但他拒绝了”冰桶挑战“。 In recent weeks, a number of heavyweights -- including Mark Zuckerberg andMartha Stewart -- have participated in the frigid challenge. Participants are filmed willingly hurling ice over themselves in the name of ALS awareness, then nominate others to do the same within 24 hours or else donate money to an ALS charity. 最近几周，一些重量级人物- 包括马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）、玛莎·斯图尔特（Martha Stewart）在内- 都参加了“冰桶挑战”。以提高对ALS的关注为名，参加者需要拍摄一段向自己淋冰水的视频，并点名其他人在24小时之内做同样的事，否则就要给ALS基金会捐款。 On Sunday, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, partook in the challenge with a number of her relatives in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and challenged Obama to get involved, too. 上周日，已故参议员罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy）的遗孀、埃塞尔·肯尼迪（Ethel Kennedy），在海恩尼斯港（Hyannis Port），马萨诸塞州与她的一些亲戚接受了“冰桶挑战”，并向奥巴马下战帖。 It was the 86-year-old's way of "welcoming" the president to the area, since the first family was vacationing in Cape Cod. | 
