环球慢速英语 俄罗斯被遗弃的孩子们(3)

Voice 1: Experts say the fear of HIV is very great in Russia. The mothers may leave their babies because they feel too much shame. Or some may not feel able to care for their babies. They may be afraid of having a sick baby. There is very little support in Russia for AIDS sufferers.

声音1：专家表示，俄罗斯对艾滋病毒极为恐惧。母亲们遗弃孩子是因为她们感到非常羞耻。还有一些母亲认为她们无法照顾孩子。她们害怕养一个有病的孩子。俄罗斯对艾滋病患者的帮助非常少。

Voice 2: So what happens to these abandoned¹ babies? Normally², an orphanage³ would care for them. Orphanages⁴ are homes for babies and children without parents. But orphanages often refuse to care for babies who may be HIV positive. So, abandoned babies stay at the hospital.

声音2：那这些被遗弃的孩子怎么办？通常会有孤儿院来照顾他们。孤儿院是收留没有父母的孩子的地方。但是通常孤儿院会拒绝照顾可能携带艾滋病毒的孩子。所以，被遗弃的婴儿只能留在医院里。

Voice 1: It takes the Russian government eighteen months to officially say if a baby is HIV positive or not. If a baby is not HIV positive, he will go to an orphanage. But if he is HIV positive, he will most likely stay at the hospital. Sadly, the HIV positive children will probably stay at the hospital for a very long time.

声音1：俄罗斯政府要用18个月的时间来确定一名婴儿是否携带艾滋病病毒。如果婴儿不携带艾滋病病毒，那他就会被送往孤儿院。但是如果他携带艾滋病病毒，那他可能就要待在医院里。不幸的是，携带艾滋病病毒的儿童可能要在医院里待很长时间。

Voice 2: But hospitals are not the best places for these babies to be. As a baby grows, he learns how to communicate. He learns how to play with others. He learns how to think. These developmental levels are very important. But to learn all these things, babies need attention. They need people to talk to them and play with them.

声音2：但是医院并不是最适合这些儿童的地方。孩子在成长过程中，要学习如何沟通。学习如何和其他孩子玩耍。学习如何思考。这些成长阶段非常重要。但是要学会这些，孩子就需要得到关注。他们需要有人和他们聊天，有人和他们玩耍。

Voice 1: Babies in the hospital do not usually get the attention they need. Nurses or caregivers may be too busy with other hospital patients. Or they may just be too afraid to care for the babies. So, many of the children in hospitals suffer from extreme⁵ loneliness.

声音1：这些孩子不能在医院里得到他们需要的关注。护士和护理员忙于照顾医院里的其他病人。也可能他们太害怕而不敢照顾这些孩子。因此，许多被留在医院里的孩子都饱受极度孤独之苦。

1 abandoned   

adj.被抛弃的，废置的

参考例句：

• The baby had been abandoned by its mother. 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
• The child was found abandoned but unharmed. 该弃儿被人们发现时安然无恙。

2 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 orphanage   

n.孤儿院

参考例句：

• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
• They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

4 orphanages   

孤儿院( orphanage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It is Rotarians running orphanages for children who have no homes. 扶轮社员们为没有家的孩子办孤儿院。
• Through the years, she built churches, hospitals and orphanages. 许多年来，她盖了一间间的教堂、医院、育幼院。

5 extreme   

adj.末端的，尽头的；极度的，极端的；n.极度，最大程度

参考例句：

• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。
• His views are rather extreme.他的见解相当偏激。