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Hello. I’m Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight.
大家好。我是鲁比·琼斯。欢迎收听重点报道节目。
This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.
本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
‘The drug got control of me and I could not stop. I tried everything.’
“毒品控制了我，我停不下来。我试过了各种方法。”
Millions of people across the world take illegal drugs.
全世界有数百万人吸食非法毒品。
They are addicted - that is, they depend on drugs daily.
他们上瘾了，也就是说，他们每天都依赖毒品。
They are no longer in control of the drug.
他们不再控制毒品。
Instead, the drug controls them.
相反，毒品控制了他们。
Ranjit Singh is a former drug addict.
兰吉特·辛格曾是一名吸毒者。
David Bast shares his story.
大卫·巴斯特分享了他的故事。
I stopped going to school when I was 16 years old.
我16岁时就辍学了。
I wanted to enjoy myself.
我想尽情享受。
I started working.
我开始工作。
I spent my earnings on alcohol, smoking, and finally drugs.
我把挣来的钱都花在了喝酒、抽烟，最后吸毒上。
My friends and relations advised me not to.
我的朋友和亲戚劝我不要吸毒。
But I did not listen.
但我不听。
I always felt that I was in control.
我总觉得一切都在我的掌控之中。
By the age of 22 I was addicted to the drug heroin.
到22岁时，我对海洛因上瘾了。
At one point, I spent around a hundred dollars a day.
有一次，我一天花了大约100美元。
I borrowed money.
我借了钱。
I even stole money from my mother.
我甚至偷了我妈妈的钱。
Then, I started selling drugs to make more money.
然后，我开始卖毒品以赚取更多的钱。
In 1985, police arrested me for carrying drugs.
1985年，警方以携带毒品罪逮捕了我。
I went to prison for a year.
我坐了一年牢。
In prison, I decided to change.
在监狱里，我决定改变。
When I came out of prison I got married.
我从监狱出来后就结婚了。
I believed that the being responsible for a family would keep me away from drugs.
我相信，对家庭负责会让我远离毒品。
Sadly, I only managed to be without drugs for a year.
遗憾的是，我只戒了一年的毒。
This time was worse.
这一次情况更糟糕。
Now I was not only destroying my own life.
我不仅毁了我自己的生活。
I was destroying the life of my wife and our first son.
我还毁了我妻子和我们第一个儿子的生活。
Life became bad.
生活变得很糟糕。
I could not keep a job and provide for my family.
我无法保住工作，无法养家糊口。
I treated my wife and son very badly.
我对妻子和儿子很不好。
Deep down inside me I knew that what I was doing was wrong.
在我内心深处，我知道我所做的是错误的。
But I had no power over my addiction.
但我无法控制自己的毒瘾。
I tried to kill myself - but failed.
我曾试图自杀，但失败了。
