BBC环球慢速英语 第464期:米差·威拉伟耶：对抗艾滋病(3)

voice 2: AIDS is still a mystery to many people in the world. Many people simply do not know enough facts about the disease. So, Senator Mechai travels around Thailand spreading information to people like these students.
声音2：艾滋病对世界上许多人来说仍是个谜。许多人根本没有掌握这种疾病的足够事实。因此，参议员米猜走遍泰国各地，向学生等人群传播相关信息。

voice 1: Senator Mechai has been spreading information about AIDS for over twenty years. The first case of reported AIDS in Thailand was in 1984. And the number of HIV infected people in Thailand grew very quickly. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
声音1：20多年来，参议员米猜一直在传播有关艾滋病的信息。1984年，泰国报告了首例艾滋病。而且，泰国艾滋病毒感染者的数量增加极快。艾滋病毒是引发艾滋病的病毒。

voice 2: HIV infections were especially high in two groups of people - drug users and sex workers. Experts say that in one year HIV infections among drug users rose from almost zero to forty percent. In 1989 forty-four percent of sex workers in one northern city were infected with HIV. HIV was like an ocean wave covering the people of Thailand.
声音2：吸毒者和性工作者这两个人群的艾滋病毒感染比例尤其高。专家表示，吸毒者的艾滋病毒感染比例在一年内从几乎为零飙升至40%。1989年，在泰国北部一座城市，有41%的性工作者感染艾滋病毒。艾滋病毒就像海浪一样席卷了泰国民众。