[ti:Ideas About Face Masks From Around the World] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Not since humans invented shoes or underwear [00:04.16]has a single item of clothing become so common [00:08.64]in such a short amount of time. [00:12.32]From Melbourne to Mexico City, Beijing to Bordeaux, [00:17.40]many people can be seen wearing this piece of clothing: the face mask. [00:24.36]But rarely, maybe never, has anything else worn by humans [00:29.80]created such widespread debate. [00:32.88]Jeremy Howard is the co-founder of #Masks4All, [00:38.36]a group supporting face mask use for everyone. [00:43.08]Speaking recently about masks, [00:45.96]Howard said there has probably never been such a quick and [00:51.20]"dramatic" change in worldwide human behavior. [00:55.72]Yet not everyone is accepting of this safety measure, [01:00.68]which health officials say is aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus. [01:08.48]Plenty of people do not like being told what to do. [01:13.24]Many also do not trust scientific evidence [01:18.00]suggesting that masks can be an effective way to reduce new infections. [01:25.72]At demonstrations in the United States, Canada and Britain, [01:31.20]people have criticized face masks. [01:34.72]At one recent protest in London, [01:38.24]a person argued against mask-wearing requirements in stores, [01:43.96]saying: "People die every year. This is nothing new." [01:48.88]Mohammed al-Burji, a 42-year-old government worker in Lebanon, [01:55.68]shared his thoughts on wearing masks with The Associated Press. [02:01.40]He said he walks to work without a mask and does not worry. [02:06.40]"There is no coronavirus, brother. They're just deceiving people." [02:12.16]As of July 24, Lebanon had reported over 3,400 coronavirus infections and 46 deaths. [02:22.76]Officials have made public appeals for people [02:27.04]to keep wearing masks and to practice social distancing. [02:33.40]In Mexico City, Estima Mendoza says she feels shock [02:39.28]and fear when seeing people not wearing masks. [02:43.60]"I feel defenseless. On one hand I judge them, [02:48.36]and on the other I ask myself 'Why?" Mendoza said. [02:53.44]"As human beings, we always judge." [02:57.52]In France, masks resulted in an unexpected benefit for Maria Dabo. [03:05.56]She no longer feels so different in a country [03:09.76]that has made laws to prevent Muslim women from wearing face coverings. [03:15.48]"I feel like we are a bit better understood," Dabo said. [03:20.76]"Everyone is obliged to do the same as us, [03:25.12]which makes me believe that God is busy teaching people a lesson, [03:30.12]that covering up isn't religious or anything else. [03:34.56]It's about not being a fool and protecting oneself." [03:39.92]Masks can even divide families. [03:43.56]Yu Jungyul, a child-health worker in Seoul, South Korea, [03:48.84]says she has to ask her husband to wear one often. [03:53.36]She says she tells him: "‘We have to wear masks for other people now, [03:59.68]rather than only for ourselves.'" [04:03.52]Shopping with her young children, French museum worker Celine Brunet-Moret [04:10.12]said she misses not being able to see emotions on people's faces. [04:16.88]"You don't see people smiling or if they are OK or not," Brunet-Moret said. [04:24.12]"It's not the same life and it's not the normal life," she added. [04:29.92]"So I'm thinking that we'll never get used to it..." [04:33.48]But across the street from the shop where Brunet-Moret was buying cheese, [04:39.80]Laure Estiez said that going out without one of her home-made masks [04:45.80]now feels "almost unnatural." [04:49.76]She says every morning she goes through a process [04:53.68]of picking colors to match her mood and clothing. [04:58.20]She says this daily activity has become "a pleasure." [05:02.68]"We have a very strong capacity for adaptation," she said. [05:07.84]"You get used to everything." [05:11.40]I'm John Russell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM