环球慢速英语 泰国对抗艾滋病的不寻常方法(5)

Voice 1: Mostly, Mechai tries to remove the stigma¹ from condoms. He tries to take the mystery out of this object. And he often uses humour² to get his message across.

声音1：米猜一直在努力消除人们对安全套的耻辱感。他试图去掉安全套的神秘。他通常会用幽默的方式让人们理解他的意思。

Voice 3: "Sex sells. So does humour ... I wanted to take the seriousness and (shame) out of birth control and make it a clean fun thing. I wanted people to accept (condoms) the same way they do (cleaning) soap and toothpaste. Sometimes I shocked people, sometimes I made them laugh. The important thing was to make them think and react³."

声音3：“性可以买卖。幽默同样可以……我想去掉有关计划生育的严肃性和羞耻感，让它成为一件有趣的事。我希望人们像接受清洁皂和牙膏一样接受安全套。有时我令人们感到震惊，有时我让他们开怀大笑。重要的是要让他们思考和做出回应。”

Voice 2: Mechai encourages people to think and react through many different methods and projects. Mechai spreads his message through advertisements. The advertisements include t-shirts, special cartoon characters, and holiday greeting cards. These objects show pictures of condoms. They may also include a message encouraging people to use condoms.

声音2：米猜鼓励人们对众多不同的方法和计划进行思考和做出回应。米猜通过广告来传达他的想法。广告包括T恤、特殊的动画人物以及节日问候卡片。这些物品都展示了安全套的图片。广告中还包含鼓励人们使用安全套的信息。

1 stigma   

n.耻辱，污名；(花的)柱头

参考例句：

• Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
• The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。

2 humour   

n.幽默，诙谐，情绪，体液；vt.使满足，迁就

参考例句：

• We can't always humour the child the way we do.不能总是顺着孩子。
• His new play is a mixture of saddness and humour.他的新剧本融悲哀和幽默于一体。

3 react   

vi.起反应，起作用；反抗，起反作用

参考例句：

• She didn't look up or react in any way.她既不抬头，也没有任何反应。
• How did he react to your suggestion?他如何对待你的建议？