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[English]

What? Ain't you gonna say something?

What is it, a respiratory infection, pneumonia, what?

Well, um, it is those things and more I'm afraid.

We ran a full blood battery and, uh...

I'm sorry, Mr. Wright, but you've tested positive for HIV.

-Get the fuck outta here. -What?

A normal T-cell count is anywhere between

500 and 1500. Right now your T-cell count is 14.

But I ain't no faggot.

Mr. Wright, actually, the virus can be transmitted in quite a few ways including...

unprotected heterosexual sex.

That's wrong. You gotta test that over. Test that again.

We've run the test five times with five different samples and the result remains tha same.

-Shit! -Tomica!

She's pregnant, Doc, what this mean?

It doesn't necessarily mean that she's contracted the virus...

but we have to test her to be sure.

So what do we do?

We start the treatment.

I gotta get healthy, I got things to do, I got...

What are we supposed to do? - Mr. Wright...

you need to understand that you are very, very sick.

I don't even feel that bad, Doc, don't tell me that. -With palliative care...

we can probably keep you comfortable for, um, maybe six months, at the very most.

Comfortable? What do you mean, comfortable?

It's just a matter of time.

I'm.. I'm actually truly sorry, Mr. Wright.

I'll... I'll leave you time to, um, process this.

Come on, Doc. No.

Doc?

Come on!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
respiratory /ˈrɛspɪrətəri/ B2	adjective - relating to or affecting respiration (breathing)
infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ B1	noun - the process of being infected by a pathogen
pneumonia /njuːˈmoʊniə/ B2	noun - inflammation of the lungs, usually caused by infection
battery /ˈbætəri/ A2	noun - a set of tests performed at the same time
positive /ˈpɒzɪtɪv/ A2	adjective - showing the presence of a particular substance or condition
transmitted /trænzˈmɪtɪd/ B2	verb - to pass on (a disease) to another organism
heterosexual /ˌhetərəˈseksjuəl/ B2	adjective - sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex
contracted /kənˈtræktɪd/ B1	verb - caught (an illness)
treatment /ˈtriːtmənt/ A2	noun - medical care given to a patient
healthy /ˈhelθi/ A2	adjective - in good health
comfortable /ˈkʌmfərtəbl/ A2	adjective - feeling relaxed and free from pain
palliative /ˈpælɪətɪv/ C1	adjective - reducing the severity of symptoms without curing the underlying disease
process /ˈproʊses/ B1	verb - deal with (something) systematically
sick /sɪk/ A1	adjective - ill
pregnant /ˈpreɡnənt/ B1	adjective - carrying a developing embryo or fetus

Key Grammar Structures

• What? Ain't you gonna say something?

  ➔ Contraction & Tag Question

  ➔ The use of "Ain't" is a contraction of 'are not' or 'have not', common in informal speech. The phrase functions as a tag question, seeking confirmation or a response.

• A normal T-cell count is anywhere between 500 and 1500.

  ➔ Range Expression with 'between...and'

  ➔ The phrase "between 500 and 1500" clearly defines a numerical range, indicating the acceptable limits for a normal T-cell count. The use of 'between' and 'and' is crucial for this.

• We've run the test five times with five different samples and the result remains the same.

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'have/has' + Past Participle & Correlative Conjunctions

  ➔ "We've run" uses the present perfect to indicate an action completed at an unspecified time in the past with relevance to the present. "Five times with five different samples" uses the correlative conjunctions 'with' to show the relationship between the actions.

• I gotta get healthy, I got things to do, I got...

  ➔ Ellipsis & Informal Contraction

  ➔ The repetition of "I got..." followed by an unfinished thought demonstrates ellipsis – the omission of words understood from the context. "Gotta" is an informal contraction of 'got to'.