Voice 2: There have been several similar incidents in Japan in recent years. Police call these incidents "group suicides." Suicide is when a person kills him or herself. A group suicide involves people meeting for the purpose of dying together.
聲音2:近幾年日本發生了多起類似案件。警方把這些案件叫做“集體自殺”。自殺是指一個人結束自己生命的行為。集體自殺是指很多人以一起死亡為目的見面。
Voice 1: More and more groups of people are meeting on the Internet. Some of these people have lost hope. They want to die. They find other people on the Internet to talk with about their problems. Some even talk about how to die. People make promises together. They promise to kill themselves together. This is called a "suicide pact," or promise.
聲音1:在網上互相結識的人越來越多。其中有些人失去了希望。他們想死。他們在互聯網上尋找可以傾訴他們問題的人。有些人甚至在網上討論怎么去死。還有些人會一起做出承諾。他們承諾一起自殺。這被稱為“自殺協議”或“自殺承諾”。
Voice 2: Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. According to the World Health Organization, or WHO, over thirty thousand [30,000] people have killed themselves each year since 1998. Japanese officials have created good programs to end the problem of suicide in their country. But suicides continue to happen both in Japan and around the world. It is a problem in every nation. And, it is a problem that you and I can help end, just by being a good friend.
聲音2:日本是世界上自殺率最高的國家之一。據世界衛生組織(簡稱WHO)統計,自1998年開始,日本每年有超過3萬人自殺。日本官員制定了旨在終結該國自殺問題的計劃。但是,自殺事件仍在日本和全世界不斷上演。這是所有國家都面臨的問題。這也是你我作為好朋友可以幫助終結的問題。
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