Herpes is a very easy-to-catch virus that causes sore spots on the skin. The two places learners hear about most are the lips and the sexual organs.

Herpes Herpes（疱疹）is a very easy-to-catch virus that causes sore spots on the skin是一種很容易傳染、會讓皮膚長出痛的小疹子的病毒。The two places learners hear about most學習者最常聽到的兩個部位are the lips and the sexual organs是嘴唇和性器官。

On the lips it is the cold sore many people get when they are tired or ill — though actually a huge number of adults carry that virus, and it is not a moral failing.

On the lips長在嘴唇上的，it is the cold sore many people get when they are tired or ill就是很多人累了或生病時會長的cold sore（唇疱疹）——though actually不過其實，a huge number of adults carry that virus有非常多成年人都帶有這種病毒，and it is not a moral failing而這不是什麼道德上的問題。

The other common kind is passed on by sexual contact. The sores can go away and then come back, because the virus stays in the body.

The other common kind另一種常見的is passed on by sexual contact是靠性接觸傳染的。The sores can go away and then come back這些疹子會消掉，然後又再出現，because the virus stays in the body因為病毒會留在體內。

It is a medical word; doctors and health class use it. People also lower their voices, because they feel shy. Kind truth: it is common, it spreads by close contact, and you should not use the word as a joke or a judgment.

It is a medical word這是個醫學用語；doctors and health class use it醫生和健康教育課會用它。People also lower their voices大家講到這個字也會壓低聲音，because they feel shy因為會覺得不好意思。Kind truth溫柔但誠實地說：it is common這很常見，it spreads by close contact靠親密接觸傳染，and you should not use the word as a joke or a judgment而且不該把這個字拿來開玩笑或評斷別人。