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A Boy Named Nkosi
有個男孩名叫納考西
In 1989 in a Zulu village, Daphne gave birth to a baby, named Xolani Nkosi. The baby was tiny, no more than two kilos.
1989年，達芙妮生了一孩子，叫做納考西。嬰兒非常小，體重不足兩千克。
As the months passed, Daphne realized the boy was ill.
幾個月過去了，達芙妮意識到這個小男孩病了。
The doctor who examined the boy had said his illness might be a result of HIV infection—and if that turned out to be the case, Daphne herself was probably infected and it's her who gave the sickness to Nkosi.
給男孩做檢查的醫生說他的病可能是艾滋病感染的結果——如果事實真是如此，達芙妮自己也很可能被感染了，并且是她把疾病傳染給納考西的。
The identity of his father would remain Daphne's secret.
納考西的父親是誰，達芙妮從沒有說過。
Whoever he was, he was the most significant person Daphne would ever know, for he had put death into her body.
不論父親是誰，他都是達芙妮應該知道的重要的人，是他帶給她病毒和死亡的危險。
Daphne was not yet 20, yet she was dying, and on the very first day of is life, so was her tiny son.
達芙妮還不到20歲，卻瀕臨死亡；而她的兒子在出生的第一天就面臨著死亡的威脅。
Meanwhile, another South African woman, Gail Johnson, was living a different life.
同時，還有一個南非女性，蓋爾·約翰遜，過著另外一種生活。
She and her husband were not wealthy, but were comfortably middle class.
她和她的丈夫不算富裕，但是過著舒適的中產階級的生活。
A visit to a friend's brother, who was in the terminal stage of AIDS, made her determined to do something.
在探望完一個朋友的處于艾滋病晚期的弟弟以后，她決定為此做些什么。
By October, she had raised enough money to set up the Guest House, and took in a dozen dying of AIDS.
到了十月，她已經籌集到足夠的資金建立庇護所，讓艾滋病毒攜帶者入住。
Daphne sent her boy to the Guest House, where he became a star.
達芙妮把她的兒子送進了庇護所，在那兒納考西成了明星。
But in 1992 the Guest House had to be close for lack of money.
但是到了1992年，庇護所因為缺少資金而關門。
Gail offered to adopt Nkosi. By his 4th birthday, Nkosi was eating better, gaining some weight. In 1997, Gail sent Nkosi to school.
蓋爾收養了納考西。在他四歲的時候，納考西吃得更好，體重增加了些。1997年，蓋爾送納考西去上學。
There was no law preventing HIV-positive kids from entering South African's schools.
當時南非的法律沒有不準許陽性艾滋病毒攜帶者上學。
The question had simply never arisen before.
這個問題之前從未出現過。
Eight-year-old Nkosi had lived longer than any child ever born HIV-positive in South Africa.
在南非，八歲的納考西比其他生來就攜帶艾滋病毒的孩子活的時間都長。
