Reading Warming up AIDS patients HIV virus AIDS

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Warming up AIDS patients

HIV virus

AIDS virus

AIDS Quiz 1. Only bad people get AIDS. F 2. I can become infected with HIV by swimming in a pool, holding hands or kissing someone with HIV. F 3. In 2002, there were 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the world. T

4. People who have not injected drugs do not need to get tested for HIV. F 5. If I had HIV, I would know because I feel sick. F 6. HIV/AIDS is difficult to cure. T

8. It is safe to be friends with people who are living with HIV/AIDS. T 7. People who have HIV look different from everyone else. F

Pre-reading 1. What is AIDS？ 2. How do people get AIDS? 3. How do people prevent AIDS? 4. How does a person live with AIDS?

AIDS youth

While-reading Divide the text into several parts. Part. 1 (Para. 1) General introduction to a teenager named Xiaohua living with AIDS. Part. 2 (Para. 2) What is AIDS? Part. 3 (Para. 3) How do people get AIDS?

Part. 4 (Pare. 4) Current situations of AIDS in the world. Part. 5 (Paras. 5 -7) How does a person live with AIDS and how do others deal with a person living with AIDS?

Explanation 1. People who see Xiaohua would never guess that she is one of millions of children in the world living and dying with AIDS. 见到小华的人绝不会猜到她是世界 艾滋病携带者即将死亡的上百万孩子 中的一个。

would 是情态动词, 用来提出看法 You would never do anything to hurt me. 2. AIDS is a disease that breaks down the body’s immune system and. . break down可作及物动词, 作“破坏; 使失效”解。也可作不及物动词, 常表 示“(计划, 谈判等) 受挫折、失败”或

The new way can help improve your English. 4. As with most diseases and disasters, the young suffer the most. 和大多数疾病和灾难一样，儿童所 遭受的痛苦是最大的。 as with = it is the same with. . . 这里 as 是连词，意思是“和…一样”。

As with hiking, rafting is also dangerous. 5. Instead she has decided to use the limited time she has left to do something to help others 她决定利用所剩下的有限时间做一 些事情来帮助他人。

句中有一个定语从句she has left, 省 略了关系代词that或which。 have something left: 有…剩下 left 是形容词 “剩下的” I have no money left for the books.

6. Xiaohua is trying to change this by creating a network of patients and doctors that can persuade hospitals and companies to allocate more funds for AIDS research and education. 小华正在努力改变这种状况，她建 立了病人和医生的网络，通过这种方

法说服医院和公司拨出更多资金进行 艾滋病的研究和教育 作。 句中的network是定语从句that can persuade hospitals and companies to allocate more funds for AIDS research and education的先行词。 persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事

The salesman persuaded us to buy his product. 那个销售人员说服我们买了他的产 品。 比较： The salesman tried to persuade us to buy his product, but we didn’t.

那个销售人员尽力说服我们买他的 产品，但我们没买。 7. . that the most dangerous thing is not knowing about the disease. 最危险的事情是不了解艾滋病。 句中not knowing about the disease 是动名词短语作表语。 My job is teaching English.

8. She knows that her life will not be as long as her classmates. 她知道她的生命不会和她的同学一 样长。 as long as: 和…一样长, 这里指时间, 也可指长度。 You can stay here as long as you want. (指时间)

This stick is as long as that one. ( 指长度) as long as或so long as作为连词， 引导条件状语从句，意为“只要”。 e. g. As/So long as you keep it up, you will succeed.

Post-reading 1. How to understand the title “Born Dying”? When a person is born with AIDS, he is dying soon. 2. What is AIDS？ AIDS is a disease that breaks down

the body’s immune system and leaves a person defenseless against infection and illness. AIDS is short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 3. How do people get AIDS? When people are infected with HIV, they will get AIDS.

4. How do people prevent AIDS? Don’t have unprotected sex with patient with AIDS. Be careful when you transmit blood. 5. How does a person live with AIDS? He must have optimistic attitude towards this disease. If possible, take some available medicine against AIDS.

6. What is the different between AIDS and HIV? AIDS is a kind of disease while HIV is short for human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS. 7. In what ways does AIDS spread? It spread through blood and other body liquids. People transmit HIV by

having unprotected sex, receiving blood transfusions, through birth, injecting drugs and so on. 8. What do you think you would do if you were Xiaohua? How would you feel? I think at first I would be very scared and sad because I couldn’t live

as long as my classmates. I couldn’t enjoy good health like others. But I believe before long I would bravely face the terrible fact with the help of my parents, my teachers and my friends. I must learn from Xiaohua and keep up an optimistic state of

mind. I should receive proper medical treatment positively in order to live longer and enjoy every minute of the rest of my life. 9. How should we act towards people who have AIDS? What can we do to help them?

We shouldn’t act as if they were bad or dangerous people. We must care for them, make friends with them, hug them, comfort them and encourage them. Also we should persuade hospitals and companies to allocate more funds for AIDS research and education.

Homework 1. Try to tell your classmates something about AIDS. 2. Recite the key sentences in the text: For some, medicine can help keep them alive. As with most diseases and disasters, the young suffer the most.

The drugs that are available are much too expensive and difficult to find. Instead she has decided to use the limited time she has left to do… P 51 The most dangerous thing is not knowing about the disease. P 52