The 'ice bucket challenge,' a campaign to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS) that is likely sweeping through your Facebook feed, is making its way through the upper ranks of tech executives.

Though the term implies otherwise, as a non-profit, ALSA is under no legal obligation to spend its ice bucket windfall, says Thad Calabrese, a professor of public and non-profit management at New York University.

纽约大学（New York University）公共机构与非盈利机构管理教授萨德•卡拉布里亚表示，虽然非盈利这个词包含有其他意思，但ALS协会在冰桶挑战善款支出上无需承担任何法律义务。

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Slaughter says that in addition to generating donations, the ice bucket campaign has raised awareness of ALS, a disease that less than half of the country could identify when the association conducted a survey a few years ago.

斯劳特表示，除了带来捐款以外，冰桶挑战也提高了人们对ALS的认识，几年前ALS协会进行的一项调查中，美国知道这种疾病的人还不到半数。

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There's an added challenge to spending the ice bucket money that stems from the fact that the ALS Association did not start the campaign, and as a result, never stated a specific mission behind it.

如何使用“冰桶挑战”的捐款还有另外一个挑战，因为这项活动并非由ALS协会发起，结果，活动也没有明确的使命。

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This year, awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrigs Disease, reached an all-time high around the world due to the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

今年，多亏了全世界病毒式传播开来的ALS冰桶挑战，对肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS，又称的葛雷克氏症）上升的关注度达到最高纪录。

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While the ice bucket challenge has prompted an onslaught of donations, it's chilled any prospect of ALSA duplicating those rosy watchdog figures in its current fiscal year.

“冰桶挑战”促使捐款金额猛增，却让ALS协会很难复制其在当前财年取得的乐观的监管数据。

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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was popular worldwide as a way to raise money for the treatment and research of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known in North America as Lou Gehrig's disease.

关注渐冻人冰桶挑战一度在世界范围内非常流行，这项挑战的目的是为患有肌肉萎缩症的病人的治疗和研究筹集资金。

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The ice bucket challenge may seem cool if you live in a place which is usually quite hot, but for those who dwell in a cold climate the idea is probably less impressive.

冰桶挑战看起来相当酷，但前提是你处在热带地区。而对于那些生活在寒冷地区的人们来说，这个活动也许就没那么吸引人了。

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But it's heating up over here in London and dining out last week, I was tempted-sorely tempted-to ask for the ice bucket.

但伦敦的天气一天天热了起来。上周我出去吃饭时禁不住诱惑（强烈的诱惑）就要了个冰桶。

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The Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral in 2014 has funded an important scientific gene discovery in the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS, the ALS Association says.

美国渐冻症协会表示，2014年风行的冰桶挑战募集了大量资金，已经帮助科学研究发现了与渐冻症相关的重要基因。渐冻症是渐进性神经退行性疾病，学名为肌萎缩侧索硬化症（ALS）。

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At some point the ice bucket campaign will dry up, and photos of your friends" kids and cats will again dominate your news feed.

“冰桶挑战”终会有结束的一天，晒孩子和猫咪的照片将在新闻推送中卷土重来。

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If you really feel the need to ask for an ice bucket with your red wine, I would advise trying this practice out on close friends and family.

如果你真觉得需要把红酒放在冰桶里，我建议你和亲近的朋友或家人一起饮酒时试试这种作法。

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The same holds true for the 11 new ALS clinics the organization had planned to open this year prior to the ice bucket campaign going viral.

这种情况也适用于该协会计划新开的ALS诊所。协会在冰桶挑战疯狂传播之前曾计划在今年新开11家ALS诊所。

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The Internet might be a useful tool for activists and organizers, in episodes from the Arab Spring to the Ice Bucket Challenge.

从阿拉伯之春到冰桶挑战，互联网在许多事件中可能都是活动人士和组织者的有效工具。

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He took the ice bucket challenge, and set it at the time of the Beijing Olympics. Everyone's wearing those volunteer uniforms.

他参加了冰桶挑战，然后把时间设置在了北京奥运会上，每个人都穿着志愿者制服。

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Just like the Ice Bucket Challenge and the Rice Bucket Challenge, this challenge also requires that you do something in the name of charity.

跟冰桶挑战和米桶挑战一样，这个冰书挑战也要求人们以慈善之名做点事情。

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The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised$ 115m from people pouring cold water over themselves and posting the video on social media.

冰桶挑战共募集了1.15亿美元，参与挑战的人们将冰水泼到自己身上，并在社交媒体发布视频。

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The Ice Bucket Challenge had been making the rounds on the Internet for several weeks before it was tied to ALS.

在和ALS联系在一起之前，冰桶挑战活动就已经在互联网上流传了数周。

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A pot of chilli emerged from a nearby house, accompanied by an ice bucket full of beers.

附近的一户人家端出来一锅辣椒肉酱，还有满满一冰桶的啤酒。

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Ice bucket challenge videos raising money for the ALS Association charity have saturated Facebook news feeds in the last month.

从上个月开始，Facebook的新闻推送放目望去几乎全是各类为美国肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症（ALS——国内又称“渐冻人”）协会募捐的“冰桶挑战”（Ice bucket challenge）视频。

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But they really need a quick burst in the fridge, as opposed to an ice bucket.

不过，最好是把葡萄酒放到冰箱里快速冷冻一下，而不是直接放在冰桶里。

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