导读:尼泊尔首都加德满都的流浪儿童靠吸食毒胶艰难求生。
According to the Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre, there are 5,000 street children in Nepal and many of them are on the streets of the capital, Kathmandu.
尼泊尔儿童关怀中心的统计数据显示，尼泊尔有5,000名流浪儿童，其中大多数流浪儿童在首都加德满都街头流浪。
Some of these children resort to sniffing carpet glue, dendrite, to ward off hunger and keep out the cold.
一些流浪儿童靠吸食地毯中的Dendrite胶水来抵御饥饿与严寒。
Dendrite - a glue often used for laying carpets - contains toluene, a sweet-smelling and intoxicating chemical, which dissolves the membrane of the brain cells and causes hallucinations.
Dendrite胶水一般用于铺设地毯，胶水中包含甲苯，一种芬芳令人沉醉的化学物质，会造成脑细胞膜溶解，产生幻觉。
But the children take it because it reputedly wards off pangs of hunger and also the cold.
但是孩子们吸食毒胶，因为据说这能够减轻饥寒交迫给身体带来的疼痛感。
Some street children aged between nine and 15 sniff dendrite glue putting inside plastic bag to get away from hunger, worries, tensions and problems.
这些9岁至15岁的流浪儿童吸食塑料袋里的毒胶来缓解饥饿、焦虑、紧张等问题。
