公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第31期:比爾蓋茨夫婦于斯坦福大學(xué)(12)

She was emaciated and on the verge of death

她很消瘦 離死亡已不遙遠(yuǎn)

and her intestines were not holding anything

她的肚子里已經(jīng)無(wú)法容納任何東西

and so the workers had put a pan under her bed,

義工們不得不將床板切一個(gè)洞

cut a hole in bottom of the bed,

并將盆子放到床下

and everything in her was just pouring out into that pan.

她體內(nèi)的一切就這樣傾瀉到盆子里

I could tell that she had AIDS.

我可以看出 她患有艾滋病

Both in the way she looked

她有一些癥狀

and the fact that she was off in this corner alone.

而且被安排在這個(gè)孤獨(dú)的角落里更說(shuō)明了這一點(diǎn)

The stigma of AIDS is vicious,

艾滋病的污名是惡劣的

especially for women.

特別是對(duì)于女性

And the punishment is abandonment.

而懲罰便是被拋棄

When I arrived at her cot,

我到了她的病床前

I suddenly felt completely and totally helpless.

我感到的是完全的無(wú)助

I had absolutely nothing I could offer this woman.

我沒(méi)有什么能給這位女性的

I knew I couldn't save her.

我沒(méi)辦法挽救她的生命

But I didn't want her to be alone.

但我不忍看到她那么孤獨(dú)

So I knelt down with her and put my hand out.

于是跪在她身旁 把手伸給她

She reached for my hand and grasped it and she wouldn't let it go.

她抓住我的手 久久不愿放開

I didn't speak her language. And I couldn't think of what I should say to her.

我不會(huì)講她的語(yǔ)言 我也不知道該對(duì)她說(shuō)什么

And finally I just said to her, it's going to be okay.

最后我只能說(shuō) 沒(méi)事的

It's going to be okay. It's not your fault.

沒(méi)事的 這不是你的錯(cuò)