NPR 12-31:A Once-in-a-Lifetime Love Story, Interrupted 昙花一现，

Cindy White tells her friend, Eric Ernsberger, about being¹ diagnosed² HIV positive shortly³ after meeting her life partner, Dan Driggers

I met Dan, the true love of my life in August of 1990 and about 6 weeks later.

This phone call came from my ex-husband. So I called Dan and said,"hey" My ex-husband says that he’d tested positive for HIV, what do you think? Dan says , I can’t get HIV, just go get tested. So I went out of the organic⁴ conscious⁵ to get tested and about 3 weeks later. The doctor’s office called me in and said,“ Dear Cindy, calm down and just give a small blood and it won’t take a few minutes and we’ll get you on your way.

So they had me come in and I will never forget that room. There is a wastepaper basket on the floor, a box of clean excellent glass of water on the desk. And the doctor said, “I just get to tell you they choose the first woman I’ve ever had to say this to you and I hope the very last, your test came back positive for HIV.”
I started to check in the meaning she said the words to me. In fact, she came over and held on to me for about 5 minutes because I was crying so hard. Then the next thought was I gotta to tell Dan.

When he got diagnosed HIV positive, he told me to knock off the guilt⁶ thing, in that that’s hard to take when you are the one who has dealt out the disease⁷ but Dan's for us, for about the life was that we only have this one to live and that no matter what this life was about we were gonna live it to the fullest we could, and even the days we were sick, and don’t ever remember those days being so fright⁸ with illness that there wasn’t something we either smile about or held between us.

He passed away in the morning of December 26th of 2001. He promised he wouldn’t die on Christmas ‘cause he didn’t want to mess⁹ Christmas up for us. You know, falling in love does not save us from the bad things gonna happen in the world. Yet I don’t believe I am here because of anything less than his love for me. I miss him all the time.

1 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

2 diagnosed   

诊断( diagnose的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Some foetal malformations cannot be diagnosed until late in pregnancy. 有些胎儿的畸形部位得等到妊娠后期才能诊断出来。
• He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock. 他找出了引擎咔咔响的毛病所在。

3 shortly   

adv.立即，不久；简略地，简言之

参考例句：

• You go along with him. I'll come shortly.你陪陪他，我马上就来。
• He answered my questions rather shortly.他相当简慢地回答我的问题。

4 organic   

adj.有机的，有机物的；有组织的

参考例句：

• Organic farming is expanding everywhere.有机农业正在各地迅速发展起来。
• The organic fertilizer shall keep the soil in good heart.这有机肥一定会使土壤保持肥沃。

5 conscious   

adj.有意识的，自觉的；有意识的，神志清醒的

参考例句：

• I was not conscious of having made a mistake.我没意识到犯了错误。
• He is badly hurt but still conscious.他伤得很重，不过神志还清醒。

6 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

7 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

8 fright   

n.惊骇；吃惊

参考例句：

• A tree fell on the house and gave him a fright.一棵树倒在房子上，吓了他一大跳。
• She turned pale with fright.她吓得面色刷白。

9 mess   

vt.将…弄糟，混乱，妨碍，使紊乱；n.食堂，伙食，用膳，一份食品，混乱，乱七八糟，困境

参考例句：

• Don't mess up my homework.不要弄乱我的家庭作业。
• You'll mess up my hair.你会把我的头发弄乱.