未婚女孩一定要知道的十件事

6.If you don't feel comfortable discussing protection andcontraception with your partner, you should not be havingsex.
6.如果与你的伴侣讨论保护措施和避孕让你觉得不舒服的话，你就不应该发生性行为。

7.While not perfect, condoms are the most effective way ofpreventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV,gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis. Condoms also provide someprotection against herpes, syphilis and chancroid, but genitalulcer STIs can also be transmitted by contact with exposed infectedskin.
7.虽然不是十全十美，但避孕套仍然是最有效的措施防止性传染疾病(性病)，如艾滋病、淋病、衣原体以及滴虫病。避孕套也提供了一些保护以防止疱疹、梅毒和软下疳，但是生殖器溃疡的性病也能通过与受感染的皮肤接触而传染到。

8.Condoms are not a particularly reliable method of preventingpregnancy either. The pregnancy rate among condom users is 12 per100 women compared with three for oral contraceptives. However, youneed to have been on the Pill for at least a month for it to beeffective.
8.安全套也不是防止怀孕特别可靠的方法。使用避孕套避孕的女孩，怀孕率是每100名中有12名怀孕，而使用口服避孕药的话每100名中才3名会怀孕。然而，你需要连续服用口服避孕药至少一个月之后它才会有效。

9.In the UK it is illegal to have consensual sex if you areunder 16, even though nearly a third of teenagers engage in sexualintercourse before this age. A 16-year-old boy who has sex with his15-year-old girlfriend could, theoretically, be prosecuted.
9.在英国如果你是16岁以下，发生合意性行为是非法的，尽管有将近三分之一的青少年在16岁之前就有性行为了。一名16岁的男孩和他15岁的女朋友发生性行为的话，从理论上说他可能被起诉。

10.You should know what to expect but notexpect too much. Sex is a bit like learning to play the piano. Youtend to be pretty rubbish at the beginning, but practice,eventually, makes perfect.
10.你应该知道会发生什么事情，但不能期望太高。性就有点像是学习弹钢琴。你往往开始阶段非常糟糕，但最终通过实践就能熟能生巧。