VOA常速英语:AIDS-Stricken Mother Wages War Against HIV

infect with把…传染给…
例句：The man has been infected with cholera.
这人已染上了霍乱。

2. She was left alone to deal with the new realities in her life.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

3. “We lost everything: kicked out of my home, lost my job. I was kicked out of my church. My family turned their backs," she remembers.

kick out撵走; 解雇
例句：If the new actor is no good, kick him out.
如果那个新来的演员不怎么样就让他走。
turn one's back 不理睬; 不理睬某人; 背弃; 拒绝
例句：He turns his back on his family when he becomes famous.
他成名以后对自己家里的人连理都不理。

4. So what I had to do was begin to prioritize: who was going to take care of my children, how I was actually going to prepare to pay for my own burial, all of those kinds of things.

take care of照顾
例句：They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。
pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

5. Half a world away, in Kenya, Pierina Guantai, another HIV positive mother, picked up the book.

pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：I would have picked it up if I had noticed it.
我如果看见的话, 我早就把它拣起来了。

6. “The book was very inspiring to me because I was going through a very difficult moment,” Guantai says.

go through经过，度过
例句：His relationship with Mary went through four stages.
他与玛丽的关系经历了四个阶段。

7. “Out of my anguish, out of my misery, I gave birth to an organization that started in 1994 in the bedroom of my home,” she says.

give birth to生; 引起, 产生
例句：The scientist's experiments gave birth to a new drug.
那位科学家的实验产生了一种新药。

8. The organization, Women on Maintaining Education and Nutrition - the acronym spells WOMEN - provides HIV testing, counseling, support and nutrition services for people infected with, affected by or at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS

provide for为…提供
例句：The local government provided special buses for the guests.
地方政府为宾客提供了专车。

9. The stigma among the middle class is still high, which is preventing people from reaching out for services.

prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.
棉的连指手套使婴儿不会抓伤自己的脸。

10. The other challenge I think is handling children who have HIV themselves and the orphans left behind when parents die.

leave behind忘带, 留下; 丢弃
例句：He left behind a pair of glasses and some books.
他的一副眼镜和一些书籍忘记带上了。