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@ 51340 擁抱艾滋病人
A: 那麼多人聚集在那兒幹什麼呢？
nàme duō rén jùjí zài nàr gàn shénme ne?
What are all those people doing gathered over there?
B: 嗯，好像很有趣，你這個小八婆，要不要去湊熱鬧？
ng4, hǎoxiàng hěn yǒuqù, nǐ zhè ge xiǎobāpó, yàobuyào qù còurènao?
Yeah, it looks pretty interesting. I know you just love this kind of thing. How about we go join in the fun?
A: 好啊！他們穿的衣服真可愛，應該是在搞活動吧！
hǎo a! tāmen chuān de yīfu zhēn kě ài, yīnggāi shì zài gǎohuódòng ba!
Okay! The clothes they're wearing are really cute. I bet they're holding some kind of activity!
B: 看，他們手裡拿著牌子，上面寫著“您是否接受我的擁抱”。
kàn, tāmen shǒulǐ názhe páizi, shàngmian xiězhe" nín shìfǒu jiēshòu wǒ de yōngbào”.
Look, their signs have, “Will you accept a hug from me?” written on them.
A: 難道他們就是傳說中的“抱抱團”，給陌生人一個擁抱？
nándào tāmen jiùshì chuánshuōzhōng de" bàobàotuán”, gěi mòshēngrén yī ge yōngbào?
Could they be the legendary 'Free Hugs' group that give strangers hugs?
B: 什麼“抱抱團”！他們的背後寫著“HIV感染者”。
shénme" bàobàotuán”! tāmen de bèihòu xiězhe" HIV gánrǎnzhě”.
'Free Hugs' group?! They have “HIV-positive” written on their backs.
A: 艾滋病人！那我們快走吧。
àizī bìngrén! nà wǒmen kuài zǒu ba.
AIDS patients! Let's get out of here.
B: 我說你怎麼這麼沒愛心啊？
wǒ shuō nǐ zěnme zhème méi àixīn a?
How can you be so heartless?
A: 我怎麼沒愛心了？
wǒ zěnme méi àixīn le?
How am I being heartless?
B: 你不覺得艾滋病人很可憐嗎？
nǐ bù juéde àizī bìngrén hěn kělián ma?
You don't think AIDS patients have it really tough?
A: 他們是很可憐，可誰不知道艾滋病是髒病，是絕症，還會傳染！
tāmen shì hěn kělián, kě shéi bù zhīdào àizībìng shì zāngbìng, shì juézhèng, hái huì chuánrǎn!
They do, but who doesn't know that AIDS is a venereal disease. It's incurable and it's contagious!
B: 什麼呀！很多人並不是幹壞事才得艾滋的。其實除了性傳播、母嬰傳播和血液傳播，其他接觸都是安全的，像擁抱，握手，交談都不用擔心。
shénme ya! hěn duō rén bìngbùshì gànhuàishì cái dé qìzī de. qíshí chúle xìng chuánbō、 mǔyīng chuánbō hé xuèyèchuánbō, qítā jiēchù dōushì ānquán de, xiàng yōngbào, wòshǒu, jiāotán dōu bùyòng dānxīn.
Nonsense! Lots of people who have done nothing wrong still get AIDS. Actually, other than being spread through sexual contact, or from a mother to child, or through blood, all other contact is safe. There's no need to worry about hugging, holding hands or having a conversation.
A: 這些我聽說過，可我還是有點兒擔心。我有個親戚就因為輸血被感染了，我媽都不讓我去她家。
zhèxiē wǒ tīngshuō guo, kě wǒ háishì yǒudiǎnr dānxīn. wǒ yǒu gè qīnqi jiù yīnwèi shūxiě bèi gǎnrǎn le, wǒ mā dōu bùràng wǒ qù tā jiā.
I've heard all that before, but I'm still a little worried. I have a relative who was infected through a blood transfusion. My mom won't even let me go to her house.
B: 你說連親戚朋友都排斥他們，他們活著還有什麼意思呢？
nǐshuō lián qīnqi péngyou dōu páichì tāmen, tāmen huó zhe háiyǒu shénme yìsi ne?
Tell me then. If even their own friends and relatives reject them, how are they supposed to live meaningful lives?
A: 那有什麼辦法，得了這種病，只能自認倒黴。
nà yǒu shénme bànfǎ, dé le zhèzhǒng bìng, zhǐnéng zìrèn dǎoméi.
Then what's the solution? If you get the disease, the only thing you can do is just resign yourself to fate.
B: 現在全世界全中國感染艾滋病的人越來越多了，沒準兒哪一天，咱也被感染了。
xiànzài quánshìjiè quán Zhōngguó gǎnrǎn àizībìng de rén yuèláiyuè duō le, méizhǔnr nǎyītiān, zá yě bèi gǎnrǎn le.
Right now, in the whole world, and in China, more and more people are infected with HIV. Who knows, maybe someday we'll be infected too.
A: 呸呸呸，瞎說什麼呢你！你看，那個小夥子想和那位大叔擁抱，那位大叔卻眼皮也沒抬，急匆匆地走開了。
pēi pēi pēi, xiāshuō shénme ne nǐ! nǐkàn, nàge xiǎohuǒzi xiǎng hé nà wèi dàshū yōngbào, nà wèi dàshū què yǎnpíyěméitái, jícōngcōng de zǒu kāi le.
Knock on wood! Listen to what you're saying! Look, that guy is trying to hug that older gentleman, but the older guy didn't even bat an eyelash. He just hurried away.
B: 實在太冷漠了。要不我們去給他一個擁抱吧！多鼓勵和幫助艾滋病人，他們才有活下去的勇氣！
really tài lěngmò le. yàobu wǒmen qù gěi tā yī ge yōngbào ba! duō gǔlì hé bāngzhù àizī bìngrén, tāmen cái yǒu huó xiàqù de yǒngqì!
That really is cold-hearted! How about we go over there and give him a hug! The more we encourage and support HIV-positive people, the more they can keep courageously living on!
A: 好吧！走！
hǎoba! zǒu!
Okay! Let's go!
Key Vocabulary
聚集 jùjí to gather
小八婆 xiǎobāpó young girl who loves gossip
湊熱鬧 còurènao to join in the fun
搞活動 gǎohuódòng to hold an activity
接受 jiēshòu to accept
擁抱 yōngbào to embrace, to hug
傳說中 chuánshuōzhōng of legend
抱抱團 bàobàotuán 'Free Hugs' group
陌生人 mòshēngrén stranger
HIV感染者 HIV gánrǎnzhě HIV-positive
艾滋病人 àizī bìngrén AIDS patient
愛心 àixīn compassion
艾滋病 àizībìng AIDS
髒病 zāngbìng venereal disease
絕症 juézhèng incurable disease
傳染 chuánrǎn contagious
幹壞事 gànhuàishì do bad things
性傳播 xìng chuánbō to transmit sexually
母嬰傳播 mǔyīng chuánbō to transmit from mother to child
血液傳播 xuèyèchuánbō to transmit via blood
接觸 jiēchù to come into contact with
輸血 shūxiě blood transfusion
排斥 páichì to reject
自認 zìrèn to resign oneself to
倒黴 dǎoméi bad luck
眼皮也沒抬 yǎnpíyěméitái to not even bat an eyelash
冷漠 lěngmò cold, indifferent
活下去 huó xiàqù outrageous
Supplementary Vocabulary
陽性 yángxìng male, masculine
陰性 yīnxìng female, feminine
雞尾酒療法 jīwěijiǔliáofǎ cocktail treatment
免疫系統 miǎnyìxìtǒng immune system
潛伏期 qiánfúqī period of latency
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