英语翻译
这是06北京卷阅读b篇最后一句话,原文如下:
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill.It was 1994,but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday:"Kerrel,I don't want you to take food from your father,because he has AIDS.Be very careful when you are around him."
AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up.From then on,I knew that this would be a fanily secret.My parents were not together anymore,and my dad lived alone.For a while ,he could take care of himself.But when I was 12,his condition worsened.My father's other children lived far away,so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn't afford all the necessary mediccation for him,and because Dad was unable to work,I had no money for school supplies and ofter could't even buy food for dinner.I would sit in class feeling completely lost,the teacher's word muffled as Itried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden with anyone.I had seen how people reacted to ADIS.Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease.And even adults could be cruel.When my father was moved to the hospital,the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak ti feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die,but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret.Iwas completely unprepared when he reached his final days.Sad and hopeless,I called a woman at was so lucky to find someone who cared.She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died.He took his secret away with him.having never spoken about AIDS to anynoe,even me.He didn't want to call attention to AIDS.I do.