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保护环境的英语小短文 World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. Do you know AIDS? AIDS is a terrible disease. Right now, it is a deadly disease and so far, it cannot be cured.There is no pill, no vaccine, no surgery to make you better. HIV and AIDS has decimated the world we live in, and things are only going to get worse.So it is called super killer. At last estimate by UNAIDS, 40 million people have been infected with AIDS around the world.Every minute, five people get infected with AIDS! It is terrible, isnt? Do you know about this red ribbon?It is called the AIDS Ribbon.On this day people wear red ribbons to show their support and to raise awareness. This started as a grassroots effort and there is still not one main manufacturer for the ribbons. The Red Ribbon united people to fight against AIDS. You wont get AIDS if you: work, eat and drink together with AIDS patients; shake hands with them or hug them; talk face to face with them; use the same toilet as them; swim with them. What do you think about AIDS? Show us your ideas. AIDS is the abbreviation1) of ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME.It is a complicated illness that may involve several phases.it is caused by a virus that can be passed from person to person.AIDS impairs the human bodys immune system，the system responsible for keeping off disease，and leaves the victim easily affected by various infection. The virus enters the bloodstream and destroys certain white blood cells，called T lymphocytes2)，which play a key role in the functioning of the immune system.The virus can also infect other types of cells in the body，including the immune-system cells knows as macrophages3).Unlike T lymphocytes，however，macrophages are not killed by the virus. Most people recently infected by the AIDS virus look and feel healthy.In some people the virus may remain inactive，and these people act as carriers，remaining apparently healthy but still able to infect others.Af