Exercise 9. Find synonyms to the following words and word-combinations in the text:
Insufficiency, to spread, neoplasm, damage, perspiration, medicine, high temperature, grippe, potentially fatal disease, liable to diseases, to get, vulnerable, eruptions.
Exercise 10. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box:
AIDS, transmitted, immune, HIV, infected, opportunistic, transfusion, protective.
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AIDS is the worst sexually … disease. It is caused by … , which attacks the immune system. The … system plays an important role in fighting off the diseases. HIV is transmitted through direct contact with the … person’s bodily fluids. HIV is also transmitted by … of contaminated blood. HIV reduces the … function of the immune system. When the immune system breaks down, the person will suffer many infections called … infections. This is the last stage of HIV infection which is called … .
Exercise 11. Translate the parts of a sentence given in italics:
1. Ryan White – the 1st teenager patient who was infected with AIDS when отримував переливання зараженої крові as part of his treatment.
2. AIDS doesn’t kill the patients, they помирають від злоякісних пухлин or different infections.
3. HIV destroys T helper cells that запускають імунну систему to infections.
4. HIV causes розлад роботи імунної системи that makes it схильний до інших захворювань.
5. The standard HIV test detects наявність антитіл проти вірусу.
6. Many years may pass since the initial infection before перша проява симптомів.
7. AIDS is characterized by опортуністичними інфекціями, such as cancers, pneumonia, and tuberculosis.
8. Once the immunodeficiency occurs, загрозливі для життя інфекції may appear that can be fatal for a person with the weakened immune system.
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