【正确答案】正确答案: AIDS is a Threat to the Whole World AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, the definition of which gives us the three distinctive features of the disease. "Acquired" means it is not inborn, but is contracted in postnatal environment. "Immune Deficiency" means that pathogenesis of the disease is to destroy the victim" s immune system. "Syndrome" means its clinical symptoms are very complex due to various infection and cancers. AIDS is an extremely infectious disease. It is spread through sex contact, blood contact and birth. HIV infection can generally be broken down into four distinct stages, in the last two of which the patient undergoes continuous swollen lymph nodes and all kinds of complex symptoms. There are three kinds of medication to treat AIDS: those to fight the viruses, those to regulate the immune system and those to control infections. However, so far, AIDS can not be completely defeated, although some Chinese herbal drugs have been found to have effects on killing HIV. But it is a comfort to know that we can prevent AIDS by avoiding unsafe, sex, unauthorized blood transfusion and drug abuse, etc. There are nearly 50 million people that are infected with HIV in the world. It is to our duty and conscience to fight together and finally win the battle.
【答案解析】解析:本文介绍了艾滋病及其传播途径、发病过程、治疗和预防。第一段,给出了艾滋病的医学全称,并引出其三大特点;第二段,介绍艾滋病的传播途径和发病的四个阶段;第三段讨论治疗艾滋病的方法以及成效;最后一段,提到预防艾滋病的措施,并以艾滋病的严峻现状结尾。原文逻辑结构清晰,可根据需要适当调整要点顺序,但须保证每段的要点不可漏失。英文摘要中涉及的专业名词及术语较多,须平时多积累。