时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2016年(七月)


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HIV-positive Teens Demand More Support 青少年艾滋病患者寻求更多的支持


DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA—


Nompumelelo Simelane sees herself as an average teenager. She loves to cook, and spend time with her family and girlfriend. She also has HIV.


The virus makes her a part of a growing demographic in Africa, where the United Nations says AIDS is now the top killer 1 of teenagers.


The 19-year-old Soweto resident — who was diagnosed with HIV at 13, and believes she was born with the virus — says adolescence 2 and AIDS are a double whammy. But, she adds, people of her generation know more about the virus than their elders did, thanks to aggressive educational programs.


However, she says, knowing the importance of anti-retroviral drugs did not stop her from rebelling.


"At first, it was just something that I didn't know would hurt me or anything,” she said. “I was just like, ‘It's HIV, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna to live on ARVs and I'm gonna be fine.’ But as time went by, things started to change, and I do not know why. Maybe because I was growing up and starting to feel different now that I have the virus."


Teens at the International AIDS Conference in Durban say they need their own space in discussions about the virus. During the conference, they operated a radio station in which they talked about their experiences.


Disc jockey Beatrice Phiri says teens are eager to talk to each other about AIDS — through both new and old media.


"We have a lot of feedback, especially from people that are fans of Twitter,” Phiri said. “People are tweeting to us, people are coming through our booth, people are listening in, saying, 'I want to be on radio now, I want to voice out.’ "


Simelane's mother, Lindiwe — who is also HIV-positive — says parents need help and support in working with their HIV-positive children, especially when they lash 3 out.


"Nompumelelo took it like she understood everything, but she didn't,” Lindiwe Simelane said.


The younger Simelane attends a teen support group, which she says helps. But, she says, her mother gave her the most important tool in fighting the disease: her unconditional 4 love and support, so she does not have to fight alone.



n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
n.青春期,青少年
  • Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
  • The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
adj.无条件的,无限制的,绝对的
  • The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
  • My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
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Acree-Rosenheim test
analog loading
Bemanevika
biopsychological
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cattle hoisting windlass
cluster point of a sequence
corticalosteotomy
covalently linked
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discoverance
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exposed peat
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fifteen all
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floating-point underflow
fluidtight
fog-horns
frequency planning
friction
gemeotre
gor'kov
ground contact length of crawler
heliophilous plant
high-voltage microscope
homozygous(bateson & saunders 1902)
ichis
in-plane shear crack
innercircle
intermure
intrasubclass
jespersens
large sized can
law of differential advantage
lead(ii) propionate
magnocurarine
Maurian
minicomputer concentrator
modicity
money-centre
Morte d'Arthur
mueang kemmarat (khemarat)
multi-storey building
off-world
oology
paracycloid
pigment resin printing
pluriovulate
pot man
prairie asters
propeller control switch
radonil
ramification valve
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scotstoun
sea current energy
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ship girder
shipping process
shoulder eyebolt
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soaking auxiliary
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Special Tickets for Crippled Soldiers
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spinning-twisting machine
Spiraea schochiana
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thermoluminescent dating
three-pole circuit beaker
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to have the lee ga u -ge of
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undertunic
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uvio-
vacuum impregnating
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wash-way