英文外刊 口罩与时尚相结合（看洛杉矶设计师如何变废为宝）

This is the result when a Los Angeles fashion designer who is also a nurse gets an idea.

这是一位洛杉矶时装设计师(也是一 名护士) 想出的主意。

It does have an elastic ear loops.

它的确有一个弹性耳环。

It also has a nose wire to have it adjust to the size of your nose and to squeeze down.

也有一个鼻线，可以按照鼻子大小调整口罩并向下按压。

And then also there is a pouch in one on the other side.

另一边也有一个小袋子。

Before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidelines and started recommending people wear cloth face masks,

美国疾病控制与预防中心修订其指导方针并开始建议人们戴布口罩之前, .

Sonya Smith Chang had been researching designing and making these cloth face masks from the surplus fabric of her clothing company because she heard healthcare workers needed them.

索尼娅.史密斯.张-直在研究用她服装公司的剩余布料设计和制作这些布口罩，因为听说医护人员需要口罩。

She posted her creations on social media and the response has been overwhelming.

她在社交媒体上发布了自己的作品，反响强烈。

All of a sudden overnight, we got hundreds of not only requests from healthcare professionals but also from individuals who may have underlying conditions or just want to shop or walk outside. .

一夜之间，我们收到了数以百计的请求，有医疗保健专业人员,也有那些可能有潜在疾病的人，或者只是想购物或出去走走的人。

For every mask she sells one is donated to a healthcare worker or First Responder.

索尼娅.史密斯张每卖出一个口罩，就会给医疗工作者或急救人员一个口罩。

Smith Chang has already shipped handreds of masks to those working in healthcare across the country.

史密斯.张已经寄给成百上千个口罩给全国各地医疗工作者。

As quickly as we"re making them, they were shipping them.

我们生产的同时也在发货。

According to e-commerce website Etsy which sells handmade items, a face mask has been the most frequently searched item in the last two weeks.

出售手工制品的电子商务网站Etsy表示，过去两周，口罩是搜索频率最高的商品。

The website even created guidelines for sellers who are making masks.

该网站甚至为制作口罩的卖家制定了指导方针。

The CDC advises people to wear cloth face coverings in public because studies show many people with coronavirus don"t have symptoms but can still pass the virus onto others.

研究表明，许多冠状病毒携带者没有症状，但仍然可以将病毒传染给他人。因此，美国疾病控制与预防中心建议人们在公共场合戴上布口罩。

Wearing a face mask can help prevent that from happening.

戴口罩有助于防止病毒传播。

So you"re not really trying to prevent somebody from infecting you, you"re trying to prevent infecting other people.

所以,你并不是真的在努力阻止别人感染你，而是在努力阻止感染别人。

Terrassa Bonnie oversees the infection control program at the eight hospitals at Houston Methodist,he cautions people wearing a face mask still need to follow the six feet distancing rule and make sure they don"t touch the mask when they re wearing it.

泰拿沙.邦妮负责休斯顿卫理公会八家医院的感染控制项目，他提醒戴口罩的人仍需遵守六英尺距离的规定，并确保戴口罩时不要摸口罩。

Humans are not used to wearing masks so if they do not practice good hand hygiene,they actually contaminate the mask if they keep adjusting it.

人们不习惯戴口罩。所以,如果不保持良好的手部卫生，且不断调整口罩，实际上会弄脏口罩。

Removingnd wearing around the neck and so on.

例如摘掉口罩戴在脖子上。

The CDC is asking the public to wear cloth masks and reserve surgical masks and N95 respirators for healthcare workers in the meantime.

美国疾病控制与预防中心要求公众戴上布口罩，同时为医护人员保留手术口罩和N95口罩。

Tank Smith and her team will continue to sew sell and donate face masks to those who need them.

汤克.史密斯和她的团队将继续缝制、出售和捐赠口罩给需要的人。