Unit 4 Dealing with AIDS 课文翻译 综合教程一.doc

Unit 4 Dealing with AIDS ??? Dealing with AIDS strengthens the bond of friendship, encourages emotional and mature growth. Before the sixteenth of October 1995, I was the most carefree person in the world. I had no worries and was just living life up. I never thought that anything could happen to me or my friends. We were invincible. That is, until the word AIDS came into my life. ??? For 10 years David and I were the best of friends. Then we got to high school and things started to change. We were in different classes, so we didnt hang out as much. It bothered me but I thought that we were both just growing up, and there were more friends where he came from. Then I began to notice that he wasnt in school a lot, and was sick more than usual. So I called him and he hung up on me. I didnt know what to do, so once again I blew it off. Then one day I saw David in the mall and I confronted him as to why we were not friends anymore. He pulled me aside and broke down in tears and said that he was dying. I didnt believe him. Sure, I had heard about AIDS, but that it was a homosexual disease and it didnt affect young people, so I said that it was a sick joke and left. ??? When I got home things started to make sense. I ran to my room and cried. David was only 17; he couldnt die. Then I felt so bad that we had grown so far apart. I called David, asking him to come over so we could talk. When he came over I saw a seriousness in him that I had never seen before. He looked so old, too old for his age. I asked how it happened. David had had unprotected sex once and now had to pay with his life. I was so angry. I have never felt so powerless in my whole life. When things had gone wrong before this, I could always rely on my parents to make things better. There was nothing that they could do this time. I had to handle it all on my own. ?? ? David and I became very close again, and it seemed that I was the only one there for him. David made the decision to tell people about his di