VOA慢速英语2020 泰国理发师免费为医护人员理发

Hairstylist Provides Free Haircuts to Thai Health Workers

Thai hairstylist Pornsupa Hattayong is making medical workers fighting the new coronavirus feel just a little better. She is providing free haircuts for them at hospitals in Bangkok.

Pornsupa says at first she was unsure about offering her service, thinking it was unimportant. But now, she is pleased with the warm welcome she receives from health care workers.

Thailand's hair shops have been closed for more than a month to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Pornsupa began her free service at the end of March.

On her first hospital visit, Pornsupa had planned on cutting the hair of six health workers. Instead, she gave haircuts to 30 of them. On her second visit, a group of 20 quickly turned into 50.

Pornsupa said, "They just kept coming. Some arrived in their medical gowns and asked if they could get a haircut right away as they had to go to work."

At that point, she asked her friends to help her.

Bangkok Metropolitan¹ Administration General Hospital is the fourth hospital where she has given haircuts. The team provides about 50 haircuts each day.

For this kind of work, they would normally ask customers to pay 500 baht, or about $15.

Pornsupa wears protective clothing on all parts of her body as she works. She uses a spray containing alcohol on her equipment between customers.

The haircutting team is not paid and Pornsupa says she is living on money she had saved. She adds that she is just proud her skill is making a difference.

She told the Associated Press, "The doctors are so happy to get a haircut. It's like we lift something off their chest, perhaps not chest but head. I think they feel lighter² and relaxed. They all want to do something with their hair so it's easy to clean and ready for work."

For Dr. Teerapat Jittpoonkuson, it is the humanity behind the haircut that really counts.

He said, "I don't feel like this is merely a service I am getting. It feels like more of a kindness given by a group of people to our hospital staff. This is more than just a haircut."

I'm Jonathan Evans.

泰国发型师蓬素帕·哈塔永（Pornsupa Hattayong）让对抗新型冠状病毒的医护人员稍感欣慰。她在曼谷的医院为他们提供免费理发服务。

蓬素帕表示，一开始她不确定能否为医护提供服务，认为这件事不值一提。但是现在，她对医护工作者的热情欢迎感到高兴。

泰国的理发店已经停业一个多月，以帮助阻止由新冠状病毒引起的新冠肺炎的传播。蓬素帕在三月底开始了这一免费服务。

她第一次前往医院的时候，蓬素帕只打算为6名医护人员理发。意外的是，来理发的医护多达30名。在她第二次造访医院时，原定20人最终变成50人。

蓬素帕说:“客人不断地进出。有些人穿着防护服来了，问我能不能马上理发，因为他们赶着去上班。”

这时，她开始寻求朋友的帮助。

曼谷大都会行政综合医院是她做过头发的第四家医院。该团队每天提供大约50次理发。

通常情况下，他们理发的收费标准为500泰铢，约合15美元。

蓬素帕工作时身穿防护服。每次理发结束她都会用酒精喷雾为设备消毒。

这个理发团队没有酬劳，蓬素帕说，她靠存款生活。她补充说，她只是为自己的一技之长发挥作用而感到自豪。

她告诉美联社，“医生们很高兴能理发。像是我们从他们胸前提起什么东西似的，也许不是胸前，而是头部。我想他们（理发时）会感到轻快和放松。她们都想理发，这样利于清洁，也便于工作。”

对蒂拉帕特·吉特普库森(Teerapat Jittpoonkuson)医生来说，理发诚可贵，人性价更高。

他说：“我觉得这不仅仅是我得到的一项服务。这更像是一群人对我们医护工作者的善意。这不仅仅是一次理发。”

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1 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。