1. Also, at least five million persons likely have the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (艾滋病病毒), which causes AIDS.
    此外，至少有500万人可能携带导致艾滋病发作的艾滋病病毒。

2. AIDS spreads only in limited ways and can be prevented through informed and mature behavior.
    艾滋病传播方式有限，可以通过已知的理性行为加以防范。

3. AIDS spreads in three basic ways: first, through sexual intercourse(性交); second, through contact with diseased blood; and third from an HIV mother to her baby.
    艾滋病的传播有三种基本方式：第一，通过性交；第二，通过接触艾滋病患者的血液；第三，经由携带艾滋病毒的母亲传给婴儿。

4. Yet, because of its sudden start and rapid spread, AIDS could soon wipe out this progress.
    然而，由于艾滋病的突然降临和迅速蔓延，有可能使得这一进步化为乌有。

5. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 204,000 Americans — half in the past few years alone.
    自那时以来，艾滋病已夺走了20.4万多美国人的生命--其中有一半是在过去几年中丧生的。

6. Speak to your community in a way they can hear. Many communities have a low literacy rate, making impossible passing out AIDS literature and expecting people to read it.
    以社区居民能接受的方式与他们交谈。许多社区的居民受教育比例低，这使得向他们散发艾滋病资料，希望他们自己阅读这一做法不切实际。

7. Spreading of AIDS in North America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Latin America occurs most often among homosexual(同性恋) or bisexual(双性恋) men and intravenous (IV) (静脉内注射的) drug users(吸毒者), most often in city areas.
    在北美洲、西欧、澳大利亚、新西兰和部分拉丁美洲地区，艾滋病常常在同性恋或双性恋男子之间，或采用静脉内注射的吸毒者之间传播，并且往往在城市传播。

8. Surviving cancer is a new trend. HIV/AIDS, however, is spreading quickly all over the world.
    癌症病人的生存率得到提高是一个新趋势。然而，艾滋病却正在全世界迅速蔓延。

9. Preventing one case of AIDS means preventing many future cases, while preventing a case of measles(麻疹) or malaria(疟疾) in Africa would have little effect on its spreading, since those diseases are already common in many countries.
    预防一例艾滋病意味着为以后减少许多例艾滋病。而在非洲，预防一例麻疹或疟疾病对于防止疾病的蔓延起不了多大作用，因为这些疾病在许多国家已经是常见病。

10. Caring for AIDS patients could seriously stress economic resources even in richer countries.
    照顾艾滋病病人会给经济资源带来沉重的压力，即使在富国也是如此。