选修六Unit3 HIV/AIDS:ARE YOU AT RISK? HIV病毒 / 艾滋病：你是否面临危险？ HIV is a virus. HIV是一种病毒（人体免疫缺损病毒）。A virus is a very small living thing that causes disease. 病毒是引发疾病的微生物。There are many different viruses, for example, the flu virus or the SARS virus. 它有许多种类，如流感病毒和SARS病毒。 HIV weakens a person's immune system; that is, the part of the body that fights disease. HIV病毒破坏人体的免疫系统，也就是说使人体抗衡疾病的免疫功能减弱。 You can have HIV in your blood for a long time, but eventually HIV will damage your immune system so much that you body can no longer fight disease. 在你的血液中，HIV病毒可以长期存在，但是它最终会使你的免疫系统严重受损，以致使你的身体不再能抗衡疾病。 This stage of the illness is called AIDS. 这种疾病到了这个阶段就叫艾滋病， If you develop AIDS, your chances of survival are very small.如果你得上了艾滋病，生存的几率就很小。
HIV is spread through blood or the fluid that the body makes during sex. HIV是通过血液或性交时产生的体液而传播的。 For a person to become infected, blood or sexual fluid that carries the virus, has to get inside the body through broken skin or by injection. 携带病毒的血液或体液必须通过皮肤上的创口或通过注射才能进入人体，使人受感染。 One day scientists will find a cure for HIV/AIDS. 将来总有一天，科学家会找到医治HIV病毒和艾滋病的疗法的。
Until that happens, you need to protect yourself. 在找到之前，你必须保护你自己。Here are some things you can do to make sure you stay safe. 你可以按这里列举的一些注意事项去做，以确保自己的安全：
If you inject drugs: 假如你要注射药物：
· Do not share your needle with anyone else.不要同别人共用注射针， Blood from another person can stay on or in the needle. 别人的血液可能会留在针头内外。 If a person has HIV and you use the same needle, you could inject the virus into your own blood. 如果某人有HIV病毒，而你又用了同一个注射针，你就有可能把别人的病毒注入到你的血液中来。
· Do not share anything else that a person has used while injecting drugs. 在注射药物时，不得公用患者所用的其他东西，Blood could have spilt on it. 因为血液可能会溅到这些物品上来。 If you have sex with a male or a female: 假如你同（男或女）人性交：
·Use a condom. This will prevent sexual fluid passing from one person to another. 要使用避孕套。它可以防止性交时产生的体液的传入。
The following statements are NOT true. 下列这些说法都是错误的：
·A person cannot get HIV the first time they have sex. WRONG. If one sexual partner has HIV, the other partner could become infected.
初次性交的人不可能染上HIV病毒。错了。如果性交的某一方有了HIV病毒，另一方就有可能传染上。
·You can tell by looking at someone whether or not they have HIV.WRONG. Many people carrying HIV look perfectly healthy. It is only when the disease has progressed to AIDS that a person begins to look sick.
通过观察你可以看出某人是否带有HIV病毒。错了。许多HIV病毒携带者看上去十分健康。只有当这种病毒发展成艾滋病时，人才会显出病态。
·Only homosexuals get AIDS.WRONG. Anyone who has sex with a person infected with H1V/AIDS risks getting the virus. Women are slightly more likely to become infected than men. 只有同性恋者才得艾滋病。错了。任何人如果同感染了HIV病毒的人性交，他们就染上这
种病毒的危险。女性感染病毒的可能性比男性稍微大一些。
·If you hug, touch or kiss someone with AIDS or visit them in their home, you will get HIV/AIDS.WRONG. You can only get the disease from blood or sexual fluid. Unfortunately, people with HIV sometimes lose their friends because of prejudice. Many people are afraid that they will get HIV/AIDS from those infected with HIV!AIDS. For the same reason, some AIDS patients cannot find anyone to look after them when they are sick.
如果你同艾滋病患者拥抱、接触或者亲吻，或者去他们家做客，你就会从他们那里感染上HIV病毒或得艾滋病。错了。你只可能通过血液或性交时的体液传染上这种病。不幸的是，由于偏见，HIV病毒携带者有时会失去他们的朋友。许多人担心他们会从病毒携带者那儿染上HIV病毒，感染上艾滋病。由于相同的理由，有些艾滋病患者在生病时找不到任何人来照顾他们。
· You can get HIV/AIDS from mosquitoes. WRONG. There is no evidence of this.蚊子可以传染HIV病毒和艾滋病。错了。目前还没有证据说明这一点。
高中英语人教版选修六 Unit3 泛读课文逐句翻译
