以下即小编为大家分享的英文阅读素材：卖大便的年收入
SUMMARY：
你可以捐献血液、血浆、卵子和精子。为什么不能是便便呢?是的，你的粪便可能是你最大待开发货币资源。多谢一个名为“开放区”的非营利组织，你可以一年赚取1.3万美元，还能拯救生命，包括你自己。
CONTENT：
Since 2013, OpenBiome has been processing and shipping loads of it all over the country. The frozen stool is administered to patients who are very sick with infections of a bacteria called C. difficile. The bacteria can cause extreme gastrointestinal distress, leaving some sufferers housebound. Antibiotics often help, but sometimes the bacteria rears back as soon as treatment stops. That leads to a miserable, continuous course of antibiotics.
By introducing healthy fecal matter into the gut of a patient (by way of endoscopy, nasal tubes, or swallowed capsules) doctors can abolish C. difficile for good. Finding a donor is tough business, and some patients grow so desperate that they treat themselves with fecal matter from friends and family. That's what happened to a friend of OpenBiome's founders, inspiring them to open up the first nationwide bank. So far they've shipped about 2,000 treatments to 185 hospitals around the country.
And yes, they pay for healthy poop: $40 a sample, with a $50 bonus if you come in five days a week. That's $250 for a week of donations, or $13,000 a year.
KEY WORDS：
C. difficile 梭状芽胞杆菌
gastrointestinal distress 肠胃不适
antibiotics 抗生素
fecal matter 粪便物
endoscopy n. 内镜检查术
nasal tube 鼻管
参考译文：
自2013年开始，“开放区”组织在全国处理和运输粪便。冷冻的粪便被收集用于重度感染一种被称为梭状芽孢杆菌的病人。这种细菌能导致极端的肠胃不适，让一些病人无法出门。抗生素通常能起作用，但有时一旦停药，细菌立刻繁殖起来。这就导致了连续使用抗生素的悲惨情形。
医生通过向病人肠道内引入健康的粪便(通过内窥镜检查、插鼻管或吞胶囊的方式)，可以将梭状细芽孢杆菌变废为宝。找捐助者是一项艰巨的任务，一些病人实在没办法，只能用朋友、家人的粪便来给自己治疗。这是“开放区”创始人的一位朋友的遭遇，由此激发他们去开办了首个全国性粪便库。到目前为止，他们已经为全国185家医院大约2000号病例运送了粪便。
没错，他们为健康粪便支付费用：每个样本40美元，如果每周来5趟，再奖50美元。即每周捐献物可赚250美元，一年1.3万美金。