Question

1- Leia o texto com atenção, responda as questões a seguir e dê a tradução em seu caderno:
WHAT IS AIDS? AIDS is a disease that is caused by a virus called HIV. AIDS attacks the body's immune
system. The immune system is important because it helps the body fight off infections and disease.
HOW DO KIDS GET AIDS? a mother with AIDS may give it to her baby before the baby is born. Sometimes
children and (and adults, too) get AIDS from blood transfusions. But this happens less often, because blood
banks now test all donations of blood for the AIDS virus.
HOW DO ADULTS GET AIDS? Adults get AIDS in two main ways: Having sex with a person who has AIDS,
or sharing a needle used for drugs with a person who has AIDS.
HOW KIDS AND ADULTS DON'T GET AIDS? People don't get AIDS from everyday contact with infected
people at school, at home, or other places. People don't get AIDS from clothes, telephones, or toilet seats, or
from food prepared by someone with AIDS. Children don't get AIDS from sitting near AIDS victims or from
shaking hands with them.
IS THERE A CURE FOR AIDS? There is no cure for AIDS. But researchers are working to develop a vaccine to
prevent AIDS or a drug to cure it. And new treatments are beginning to increase the lifespan of many people with
AIDS.
1- Responda em Português, considerando as informações do texto:
a) Que parte do corpo o vírus da AIDS ataca? E por que essa parte do corpo é tão importante?

Answer 1

Resposta:

O vírus da AIDS ataca o sistema imunológico. O sistema imunológico é importante porque ajuda o corpo a combater infecções e doenças.