Contraceptives

Alright, settle down everyone. As part of this school’s curriculum we’ll be covering sex ed this week.

好了，大家安静一下。作为学校课程的一部分，这周我们要讲性教育。

Now I want everyone to take this class seriously, sexual education is very important and I want you to ask as many questions as you can think of. Remember, there are no stupid questions here.

现在我希望大家认真对待这门课，性教育非常重要，我希望你们尽可能多提问。记住，这里没有愚蠢的问题。

Miss Carlton? What exactly is sexual education? Are you going to teach us like Kama sutra stuff like that?

卡尔顿老师？到底什么是性教育？您是要教我们像《爱经》那样的东西吗？

No Jason, that’s not exactly what sex ed is. Basically, we will talk about sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptives and how the male and female bodies work.

不，杰森，那并不是性教育的全部。基本上，我们会讨论性传播疾病、避孕措施，以及男性和女性的身体是如何运作的。

My older sister is in college and she takes what she and her friends call the pill. I never really understood what that is, but I know it has to do with sex or something.

我姐姐在上大学，她和她的朋友们会吃一种叫避孕药的东西。我一直不太明白那是什么，但我知道它和性有关之类的。

Good point Jason! This will be the topic of our first class, contraceptives. As you mentioned, the pill is one of the many that exist. The birth control pill is taken daily by a woman in order to prevent unwanted pregnancy, but it does not protect her from contracting STD’s from an infected person. Another popular method is using condoms. This is probably the best method if you have sex, since it not only prevents a woman from getting pregnant but also protects both from STD’s. Yes Jason?

问得好，杰森！这将是我们第一节课的主题——避孕措施。正如你提到的，避孕药是存在的许多种方法之一。女性每天服用避孕药来防止意外怀孕，但它不能保护她免受感染者的性传播疾病。另一种流行的方法是使用安全套。这可能是发生性行为时最好的方法，因为它不仅能防止女性怀孕，还能保护双方免受性传播疾病。怎么了，杰森？

What are condoms made out of? How exactly is it that a woman gets pregnant?

安全套是用什么做的？女人到底是怎么怀孕的？

Condoms are usually made out of an elastic material called Latex. As for your other question, that’s a whole new class.

安全套通常由一种叫乳胶的弹性材料制成。至于你的另一个问题，那是完全另一堂课的内容了。